Drug Lords: The Takedown

Nightmare in Suburbia

Nightmare in Suburbia is the shocking series that peers behind the lace curtains of suburban Britain to expose its dark, sinful and murderous underbelly. Come with us as we reveal that criminality is not only confined to big cities. In fact some of the most gruesome and unexpected crimes in the UK’s recent history have taken place amongst the most unsuspecting and apparently innocent of communities.

The Heroin Wars

1996

History of the narcotics trade in Burma and the War on Drugs. In 1964, director Adrian Cowell and cameraman Chris Menges went to mountainous eastern Burma to film the Shan revolutionary forces fighting a bloody civil war against the military dictatorship. The impoverished Shans had only one way to finance the war: opium. Cowell has returned several times over the last 30 years to record the ongoing civil war and the burgeoning opium trade. The first and last episodes are produced in association with WGBH/FRONTLINE.

Biography: Bobby Brown

2022 · ★ 7

Taking a personal look at the American Music Award winner's journey to superstardom and the fallout from his personal struggles with sobriety and the tragic deaths of his two children and first wife, Whitney Houston.

Georgian Sex, Drugs, and Rock n Roll: Unbuttoning Bridgerton

2024

The fabulous wealthy elite of Bridgerton look perfectly preened, their teeth, hair, make up, even their sex scenes are all filled with opulent glamour! But in reality a lot of people in Georgian society, including the wealthy, were dealing with a myriad of issues, from syphilis, teeth decay, secret sex societies and scandals to opium and gin addictions. All of this would have been rife and incredibly visible on the big city streets during the booming industrial revolution. This two-part series is a deep dive into the 'real' 18th century. Sex historian Dr Kate Lister removes Bridgerton’s rose-tinted glasses, unlaces the corsets and unbuttons the breaches of the Georgians. Join Kate as she investigates how sex, drugs and the world of celebrity were a big thing long before the 20th century.

Weed Country

2013 · ★ 5.5

Weed Country is an American reality documentary television series on the Discovery Channel. The series premiered on February 20, 2013 during Discovery's newest programming block titled Weed Wednesdays.

Stop! Border Control: Roma Fiumicino

2024 · ★ 8

In this series, we'll travel through the terminals of Rome Fumicino Airport to uncover the incredible techniques drug trafficking networks use to send massive shipments of drugs to the rest of the world.

High Profits

2015 · ★ 6.2

A young couple with a dream seek to build the world's first legal marijuana empire.

Queen of Meth

2021 · ★ 6.7

One of America's most notorious drug dealers, Lori Arnold, sister of actor Tom Arnold, takes a break from her mundane Ohio factory job to confront her criminal past in her Iowa hometown in this rollicking and emotional three-part series.

Psychedelica

2018 · ★ 10

Exploring the history and use of psychedelic plants. Psychedelica examines; Sacred Healing ,Integrating Shamanic, Wisdom, Treating Illness with Plant Medicines, Set, Setting, & Psychotropic Experiments, Expanding Human Consciousness, Shadow Side of Psychedelics, Indigenous Medicine of the Mind, and The Holy Mushroom Theory. Psychedelica is an original series streamed on Gaia. 2018

La Banda della Magliana - La Vera Storia

2010 · ★ 8.5

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Vice Presents: America on Drugs

2019

A look at the proliferation of drugs flowing through America's cities and towns and the deadly consequences to society.

Huume-Suomen historia

2015 · ★ 4.5

The four-part documentary series explores how substances that are now considered illegal drugs came to Finland. The concept of illegal drugs was only born in the 1960s. Before that, cannabis, opium, morphine, heroin, cocaine and amphetamine were mainly medicinal substances that were also occasionally abused.