Max Daly
@Narcomania
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Drugs and organised crime journalist. Orwell Prize winner. Author, 'Narcomania'. Ex-Global Drugs Editor at Vice. Subscribe for free đ
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âMafia is a process, not a thingâ â Joe Bonanno, Italian-American crime boss I wrote an epic read about how the Italian mafia expanded in Germany via the pizza restaurant, and how this is linked to a global rise of organised crime. https://t.co/Bux5aYrVQU
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Total slaughter
Damn, death toll in Rio de Janeiro is over 130 after police stormed favelas looking for leaders of Comando Vermelho, or Red Commando. Who are all the victims? Red Commando formed in 70s when bank robbers were locked up with political prisoners and became a sprawling drug mafia.
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Oh Fence twitter is here @The_Fence_Mag not that random guy I linked to
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Just noticed I've been shortlisted for 'Best Feature' at this year's Freelance Journalism Awards for âA Hackney storyâ, my long read for @thefence.bsky.social about Londonâs changing street gang scene. Read it here: https://t.co/NGMHl6uEi0...
the-fence.com
The real-life story that inspired Top Boy.
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In a 2015 article for VICE, I tried to predict the future of drugs. 10 years down the line, how did I do? https://t.co/4OeVkJxqBy
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Way back in 2015, VICE made 16 predictions about what drug taking would be like in 2025. Let's see how rightâand wrongâwe were.
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'Pink cocaine is the narcotic equivalent of a pastel green matcha latte or a bright orange Aperol Spritz' I wrote about the rise of 'tusi' aka 'pink cocaine'. No more is it a random drug mishmash, but a gimmicky product on the rise globally đ https://t.co/HxAr4geQt1
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In Barcelona, the number of drug related emergency cases linked to tusi quadrupled between 2023 and 2024. This is pink cocaine, 2025âs drug of choice @Narcomaniađ https://t.co/4GiSRgGICb
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I wrote a piece about the rise of âpink cocaineâ, a drug for the modern age, in Colombia, Spain and now in the UK. https://t.co/HxAr4gfoiz
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Pink cocaine is the narcotic equivalent of a pastel green matcha tea or a bright orange Aperol Spritz. It even smells of strawberries. @Narcomania on the Instagram generationâs drug-of-choiceđ https://t.co/4GiSRgGICb
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I wrote about her journey, spoke to one her close friends and explain why she is being unjustly punished by Americaâs harsh drug laws. https://t.co/hX5cdag6Po
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How did a Sikh girl from Essex end up as Hollywoodâs âketamine queenâ? Jasveen Sangha is facing 65 years in prison for selling the liquid ketamine taken by Matthew Perry before he died in his hot tub.
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Jasveen Sangha from Essex is facing 65 years in prison in the US after supplying the ketamine that Matthew Perry took before he died. But there is more to this case than meets the eye. The Scapegoating of Hollywoodâs âKetamine Queenâ https://t.co/4gRk1lmBSY
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These Christian nationalists in America, Trump and his acolytes, are such a repulsive little sect. Itâs like something out of the Omen films.
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Dogged investigation into the suspected murder of a Kenyan girl by a British soldier, and hints of a cover-up by the Ministry of Defence.
A day when I feel extra proud to call David Collins a colleague. And @HannahAlOthman a former colleague Robert James Purkiss today unveiled as suspect in the murder of Agnes Wanjiru https://t.co/VcpdpmrVJV
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Insane to think that with this, and all the other actions and restrictions, that the US is rapidly becoming an authoritarian state. I suppose we should have seen it coming when that maniac got voted in again.
The @PressClubDC statement on Pentagon restrictions threatening independent reporting: "If the news about our military must first be approved by the government, then the public is no longer getting independent reporting." https://t.co/C7RodHpRRq
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If you go to a pub and weirdos are doing a single line queue at the bar, just leave. The joy of the UK is that there is probably another pub 50 metres away which is normal.
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He has control over what people can say in the media, he shuts down TV shows who challenge him, heâs trying to shut down the countryâs biggest newspaper and he bans journalists who ask difficult questions. Putinâs Russia? Nope, this is Trumpâs America
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