Drugs, Inc.

On Wall Street, a new generation of brokers and traders are turning to a drug that keeps them performing at work. And police are coming down on a drug that they regard as Wall Street’s dirty little secret — which is quickly turning into an epidemic.

Hip-hop, a million-dollar industry, plays up to its links with a billion-dollar industry: drugs. In Oakland California, wannabe rappers BG and Lil Ant use money from dealing cocaine to pay for their studio time.

In this new episode, Drugs, Inc. delves into the Los Angeles porn industry. The porn industry and illegal drugs have a reputation for going hand in hand. But after a number of HIV scares, porn sets in LA are under more scrutiny than ever, and it’s changing the way narcotics on set are tolerated.

It’s Spring Break and among the thousands of U.S. students who head to Cancun, Mexico, some have one thing on their mind: to get wasted.

Two jails: one in California, the other in New Jersey. Both have amongst the toughest drug policies in the United States. But enterprising inmates still find ways to get drugs inside.

Dominican cocaine wholesaler Santo has a million dollars’ worth of raw cocaine in his stash house in the Bronx. But he needs continuous supplies to feed the appetite for the drug in the Big Apple. Santo is part of the most powerful cocaine organization in New York - the Dominican Cartel.

Follow Detroit’s dealers, cops, and feds as they take on the city’s wild rave scene in the frantic 48 hours leading up to Halloween. Anarchy rules the Motor City: Around the notorious 8 Mile Road, street slingers stock up and look for new opportunities downtown. In the suburbs, middle-class dealers bring party drugs to raves.

As Pittsburgh’s cops crack down on heroin, wannabe dealers see a chance of muscling in on the market - inadvertently opening the door to a killer brand.

In Silicon Valley, many have turned to drugs for an extra edge. Embed with dealers, users, and law enforcement officials wrapped up in the tech world’s dirty little secret.

Heroin use on Staten Island is reaching epic proportions as young users leave prescription pills for dope. Meet the dealers, police officers, and users overcome by the opiate.

Cocaine is Europe-bound and that means a white-knuckle ride along the Amazon, to the docks of Ghana and Nigeria, into the handbags, jeans, and flipflops of ‘mules’ - all the way to Amsterdam.

In Australia, locals have turned to a cheap and dangerous stimulant, crystal meth. Biker gangs control most of the trade, but Chinese Triads are quickly gaining power.

Meet the network of traffickers, runners, and smugglers delivering meth to the masses in Austin. At the Tex-Mex border, officials do everything they can to cut off supply.

Marijuana is widespread amongst the student population in Boston and, with National Weed day on the horizon, dealers and students are gearing up.

Thai police battle an addiction epidemic as popularity of meth pill Yaba spins out of control. Dealers continue to find ways to dodge the authorities and keep profits rolling in.

In Vancouver, a suburban gang war and heavy police presence drives some dealers and their customers to move downtown. But the cops are in hot pursuit.