How Is Drugs Inc Allowed to Be Filmed
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Moonshoe Blue Mantis
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The documentary series Drugs Inc features countless incredible interviews with everyone from meth super lab cooks, cartel and gang hitmen and assassins, mules and transporters, etc. My question is, how do they get these people to go on TV and talk in detail about things like gangs, cartels, assassinations, meth production etc? I mean obviously if you work for a cartel you would think they would kill people who tell cartel business to outsiders with video cameras. I mean isn't that basically a form of snitching? I know they cover their faces, but it has to expose them to some extent to discovery by law enforcement, thier own gang or cartel etc. So I am wondering... I see three possibilities 1. These people are actually actors who wear masks and tell realistic stories that they didn't actually participate in (doesn't seem to be the case) 2. These people are legit cartel hitmen etc and are risking their own lives to give material to the show Drugs inc. if so , why do they take the risk and what are they compensated with? Are they paid for their testimony? 3. These people are legit cartel people who are permitted by their superiors to talk to National geographic for the documentary. If so, why would the cartels and gangs permit this kind of confidential information disclosure? What is their motivation for disclosing all this info?
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Rebelutionsssss Mdmazing
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I'm pretty sure almost all of them are fake. But I have seen a few with pressed MDMA pills that I know are real. Honestly they might just get real drugs from police or DEA and film the scenes while they're there and tell semi real story's. no one in their right mind is going to go on tv and tell all about their felonious drug smuggling operations.
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Moonshoe Blue Mantis
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You really think its all fake? I mean the stories are all essentially true, but maybe they dont use real informants... They had me fooled then. seems pretty damn convincing. The drugs are definitely real, so are the guns and labs they show.
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Moonshoe Blue Mantis
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Actually I can honestly say I think they are real people not actors. I have watched all of them and honestly it seems completely authentic or nearly so. Perhaps some of the cartel assassins are actors but almost all of the users, low level dealers and cooks are legit IMO.
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http://www.reddit.com/r/answers/ reddit had a long thing about this. I saw an interesting answer on yahoo also, but I'm not sure how accurate it is- you'd have to ask enlil: "there is such a thing called reporter's privilege, also referred to as the confidentiality of sources. This is a right accorded to journalists under the laws of many countries, as well as under international law. Simply put, it means that the authorities, including the courts, cannot compel a journalist to reveal the identity of an anonymous source for a story. The right is based on a recognition that without a strong guarantee of anonymity, many people would be deterred from coming forward and sharing information of public interests with journalists. As a result, problems such as corruption or crime might go undetected and unchallenged, to the ultimate detriment of society as a whole.
So while there's always a chance they could be turned in by those interviewing or filming them the journalist main objective is to get a good story. If journalist then turn around and burn those who they interviewed without having the obligation to do so, they would have short lived career......or lives. "
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I'm sure they're offering them lots of money. if you watch at the end it says something about working in cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security and Drug Enforcement Administration. that made me wonder if the old guy in Texas that grew his own mushrooms got busted after that episode.
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Rebelutionsssss Mdmazing
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So how do they meet up with major drug traffickers that really have nothing to gain by telling all about their illegal activitys on national television? If you were moving millions of dollars of illegal narcotics would you want to go and talk about it to random people and possibly getting sent to prison for most of your life? Or would you just continue to make millions of dollars with no risk of someone fucking it all up? Seriously though. Who the fuck would do that? I feel scared just pulling out tiny amounts of drugs Infront of people I've never met let alone talking about serious drug smuggling.
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Drugs Inc finds their dealers they air from people on Bluelight. A few of the people have admitted they fluffed themselves up or even blatantly lied for television, then some of them are 'the real deal'
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True. Remember the high-ranking cartel members they busted from Instagram and Facebook? This actually happened about three times I know of.
Rebelutionsssss Mdmazing
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Drugs Inc finds their dealers they air from people on Bluelight. A few of the people have admitted they fluffed themselves up or even blatantly lied for television, then some of them are 'the real deal'
If you're the "real deal" you shouldnt be idiots and go on tv like that. If anything the DEA could just monitor the national geographic crew and catch a shit ton of high level players without breaking the confidentiality law. The real dealers are actually smart and keep their shit to them and their inner circle.
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kakashi68 Connoiseur of Illicit Substances
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either there well connected but there def paid. Like come on there crims, of course there going to take money and there going to brag about themselves on TV.
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My guess is the show is as real as Moonshiners was.
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Moonshoe Blue Mantis
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Ever watched it? If you do you will see its legit IMO. (drugs inc not moonshiners )
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Ever watched it? If you do you will see its legit IMO. (drugs inc not moonshiners )
I saw the crack episode and the gangstas revealed enough info to be identified. If that was real they were slipping hard.
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LSDnShroomery Registered: 11/12/14
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Most the high level dealers, and the gang bangers they interview seem like they are bragging about all the shit they get away with. They probably agree to the interview for the increase in a hardcore reputation.
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From my observations of a time and place when I may have sold drugs, the smaller dealer they were the louder they yelled "Doses!, Boomers!, Nugs!"
Moonshoe Blue Mantis
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I think there are A LOT of drug dealers who will go on the show just so they can show the episode to their friends and be like "thats me!"
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Rebelutionsssss Mdmazing
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I think there are A LOT of drug dealers who will go on the show just so they can show the episode to their friends and be like "thats me!"
Lmao this is the only reason I can really see because it would be pretty fucking funny to see your friend handling a bunch of Mdma or some other shit on tv 
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trippinballs420 Samall Johnson
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idk about the drug dealers but i know for a fact the users part is real. one of the episodes from a couple months ago was about heroin and it moving from baltimore to the suburbs where i grew up....i went to high school with the or one of the girl users in the episode (i havent seen it) pretty sure they paid for her drugs and a rehab stint possibly following the episode but i have no idea honestly...i just know the users part is real, and it wouldnt be hard to climb the chain if you had a user who knew the ropes and the people in the area to get to high level suppliers....one guy vouches for you to the next guy, he vouches to the next guy etc...
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So how do they meet up with major drug traffickers that really have nothing to gain by telling all about their illegal activitys on national television? If you were moving millions of dollars of illegal narcotics would you want to go and talk about it to random people and possibly getting sent to prison for most of your life? Or would you just continue to make millions of dollars with no risk of someone fucking it all up?Seriously though. Who the fuck would do that? I feel scared just pulling out tiny amounts of drugs Infront of people I've never met let alone talking about serious drug smuggling.
There's no reason they would get caught, that's why they wear masks and change voices.
But seriously how do they just find traffickers and have interviews like that. That's some badass connects to know traffickers of every drug you can think of.
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Rebelutionsssss Mdmazing
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Well if they wear a mask and use a voice changer there's no way to get caught
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i was just thinking this today. PS: those peeps look very rag-tag, for "pro-dealers", on the show. like, i was watching an episode where two guys were interviewed, that rob dispensaries in order to get their product... years spend on getting money, and your most likely to get busted and arrested, so then your money goes down the drain, for the most part, and you get still wanting more... so then it's more boarded up dens, and sorting weed they've stolen recently, again, for further years until they just "happen to get away with it". it seems a plan filled with holes. wtf? and your risking all your shit so you can live in a fucking den with boarded up windows, and shitty crusty furniture and shit... 
i just don't get it.
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Ya'll ruined this show for me, I never cared to thnk about it. Intervention isn't fake too is it?
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Ya'll ruined this show for me, I never cared to thnk about it. Intervention isn't fake too is it?
Reality TV isn't real?!!!?? WHAT!!!??
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Ya'll ruined this show for me, I never cared to thnk about it. Intervention isn't fake too is it?
It's been a while since I watched the show, but I remember an episode where they watch a dude cook meth in a water bottle. I'd be really surprised to hear they didn't encourage him to do that.
I can't think of a reality show that doesn't have at least scripted elements. I'd say intervention is real but it's not what it seems. I'm sure they 'stir the pot' to get the point across. It wouldn't be a very effective show if it were boring.
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Moonshoe Blue Mantis
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Drugs inc may be the only reality TV show I think is actually almost completely real.
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Drugs inc may be the only reality TV show I think is actually almost completely real.
BS, this was obviously real 
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I remember my cousin and uncle watching that, and they went on this huge tangent on how mermaids are real. I'm so glad I was high. 
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I always figured that Nat Geo has been doing this for so long, they just got the hook ups and the connections to make shit happen. And after a few documentaries, they proved their legitimacy and other gang members/cartels arent afraid of hooking up with Nat Geo, especially if they get paid. Idk ive always wondered this too. Ill take any answer except, that its fake, simply cause Id be super bummed.
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Like I said, Nat Geo finds the people on that show from Bluelight, a drug forum
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Thats really cool IMO.
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People brag about selling drugs and shooting people in every single hip record. Without masks on. How is this TV show different?
What the police should do is pretend to be Drug Inc reporters and bust people. There is no law against that.
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This show, while it may portray real drug addicts or prostitutes off the street, does NOT have REAL criminals exposing their methods or cartel members talking about what they do or how they do it, that's a DEATH SENTENCE in the real world of drugs and crime, and once you cross that line you're marked as a no good piece of shit snitch and FUCKED from that moment on until you wind up in the right place at the right time and are extinguished, disposed of, killed! I watched this show for a minute tonight and after hearing a couple of supposed gang members and professional criminals speak immediately thought, "this show is fuckin' BULLSHIT!" I've spent the majority of my life living in the criminal underworld playing "The Game", with multiple prison terms, parole violations, and time in county jail lockup for drug "crimes". I am a professional heroin addict & freebase smoking expert, I have been there and done that again and again and again! You can't fool me, I walk the walk and talk the talk and can recognize a fraud, this show is NOT REAL but most likely actors portraying gang members and criminals with scripts they're working off of for dialog. Charles Grommes La Roche in Santa Barbara, California (sobriety date 1/21/15) "one day at a time!"
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That reads like a public notice
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This dude literally said he's a professional heroin addict
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I wonder how much a professional heroin addict would make for a salary. You'd get that hazard pay, lots of over time. On call even. Sure it's long hours but you'd have good benefits and a stable career with no student loans to pay off. Momma I made it!
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Has anyone even seen real heroin recently? I haven't seen real heroin in years! It's all fentanyl. All my friends that I used with are dead, except like 3. I time I bought a gram of fetti, well it was something else/or pure or cut with a benzodiazepine? Idk. I shot like 1/4 tenth of a gram. Blam. It's A Later!!!! I guess I called into work but had no record of this. And I still thought it was the day before! And I thought I had to work. But it was my day off now. I showed up thinking it was the day before! What happened to yesterday? Goddamnit! I'm the nicest guy. So this is hilarious to me!.! He didn't think it was so funny!
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I fell out and my dude hit me with narcan. I don't remember anything! He said I did my shot. Then when I was getting his shot together for him I spilled all the shit an the floor. THANK GOD! Cuz it would of killed him. He was able to snort some… blah blah.
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I film all of them it's 100% real. No fake.
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