The Sesh Files, with Simon Doherty

Use the promo code ‘𝘚𝘌𝘚𝘏’ for a 10% discount on all EZ Test kits 👉 https://eztestkits.com/en-ukI took your questions to world-renowned neuropsychopharmacologist Professor David Nutt. He’s former chief government 𝙙𝙧𝙪𝙜𝙨 adviser (until he was fired for telling the truth about 𝙙𝙧𝙪𝙜𝙨), founder of 𝘿𝙧𝙪𝙜 Science, and best-selling author. Thanks to everyone who submitted a question! I only got an hour wit...

For some underground manufacturers, making the perfect 𝙚𝙘𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙨𝙮 𝙥𝙞𝙡𝙡 is not just a job. It's a calling. An art form. And a matter of personal pride. In this video, we hear from two Dutch guys who mastered that art. (The quotes are voiced by an actor.)These interviews, conducted by Adam Fierman, feature in a new book called 𝙁𝘼𝘾𝙀𝙎 𝙊𝙁 𝙀𝘾𝙎𝙏𝘼𝙎𝙔, by Adam Fierman and Peter Andrew Lusztyk. It contains...

This is the story of one of the largest 𝙥𝙨𝙮𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙘 manufacturing operations the world has ever seen. If you bought 𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙙 anywhere in the world in the late 1970s, there was a 60% chance it came from this one source. If you were in the UK, that went up to 90%. It’s a story of love, betrayal, buried treasure, and the UK’s biggest ever police raid (800 officers from 11 forces arrested 120 people). Thi...

Max Daly is a veteran crime and drug culture journalist with over 30 years of experience. He’s the co-author of Narcomania: How Britain Got Hooked On Drugs, co-author of Breaking Klad: Russia’s Dead Drop Drug Revolution, and he was the Global Drugs Editor at VICE Media for many years. In this podcast, we talk about why people in America are taking much less coke, Belgium's narcos, and Russia's dea...

Use the promo code ‘𝘚𝘌𝘚𝘏’ for a 10% discount on all EZ Test kits 👉 https://eztestkits.com/en-uk The Channel Islands are two British crown dependencies, Guernsey and Jersey, in the English Channel just off the Normandy coast of France. In Jersey, 6% of the working age population have a medical 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙙 prescription – a higher number per capita than anywhere else in the world. I went there to learn mor...

Use my promo code ‘𝘚𝘌𝘚𝘏’ for a 10% discount on all EZ Test kits 👉 https://eztestkits.com/en-uk Dr Rayyan Zafar is a neuropsychopharmacologist who researches 𝙥𝙨𝙮𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙨 and medical 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙨. I took your questions to him. This video was filmed at Subrosa Studios: a new music production, content creation, and livestreaming studio in London. More info here 👉 https://www.subrosa-studios.com/ Check...

Use the promo code ‘𝘚𝘌𝘚𝘏’ for a 10% discount on all EZ Test kits 👉 https://eztestkits.com/en-uk When it comes to 𝙙𝙧𝙪𝙜 culture journalism, Mattha Busby is one of the best to ever do it. I picked five of his stories and asked him to tell me more about them. Follow Mattha:   / matthabusby   https://x.com/matthabusby https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:7vqh... Mattha’s books: https://www.worldofbooks.co...

In the 1990s, the alcohol industry colluded with corrupt British politicians, crooked scientists, and unscrupulous tabloid journalists, all with one aim: to bring down rave culture. In 1993, market analysts published a report into the future of the UK hospitality industry and it sent shivers down the spine of Big Booze. Between 1987 and 1992, pub attendance in the UK fell by 11%, with a projected...

This is the cautionary tale of Izzy Rose. She was convicted in Japan of arranging for the importation of a package containing 𝙠𝙚𝙩. Having been kept in solitary confinement for five months, she is now telling her story to draw attention to addiction. We learn how this happened, what the Japanese criminal justice system is like, and what Izzy took away from the experience. Use the promo code ‘𝘚𝘌𝘚𝘏’...

Use the promo code ‘𝘚𝘌𝘚𝘏’ for a 10% discount on all EZ Test kits 👉 https://eztestkits.com/en-uk What do you think about this? - This video is for journalistic and educational purposes only. - 0% 𝘼𝙄, now and forever. Consider subbing to support this channel. Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@simon.doherty Follow on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/_simon_doherty Chapters: 0:00 The Glory Da...

This episode contains three stories:  ACT I (0:00-12:33): A Teen 𝘿𝙞𝙚𝙙 After Asking ChatGPT for 𝘿𝙧𝙪𝙜 Advice Sam Nelson was a teenage student when he trusted ChatGPT for advice on how to take 𝙙𝙧𝙪𝙜𝙨. He 𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙙, aged 19, after following the advice the AI chatbot gave him. In this video, which contains scenes that some may find upsetting, I look at how this happened. ACT II (12:33-23:55): UK 𝘿𝙧𝙪𝙜 Driving...

There’s many ways of describing North Korea: Arguably the most corrupt nation in the world. Or perhaps 'a colossal prison where everyone is sentenced to a life sentence the day they’re born'. But not everyone knows that it’s also a massive state-run 𝙙𝙧𝙪𝙜 trafficking machine. This video lays out the savage story of how the so-called Hermit Kingdom (the most secretive, repressive, and seclud...

A huge drug trend is also a somewhat hidden one: steroids. According to some estimates, one million British people are on the gear. I don’t know anything about this, so I spoke to Tom Usher, a journalist who has recently produced a documentary on the topic. I wanted to know why he made the doc, what he learned about how many people take them, why so many people keep it on the down low, and what mo...

For over two years, the London-based photojournalist Yushy embedded himself in London's underground party scene. After gaining trust from crews and rig owners because he respected their culture, he went to 80 unlicensed parties in 2.5 years and documented it in his new book 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 63: 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 & 𝘜𝘯𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 – 𝘋𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯 𝘙𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴. (Words by Jak Hutchcraft and published b...

Last month, the UK’s National Health Service opened their first ever clinic for children who have damaged their kidneys by taking too much 𝓴𝓮𝓽. They say it "has been set up in response to a significant rise in young people presenting with 𝓴𝓮𝓽𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓮-induced uropathy, also known as ‘𝓴𝓮𝓽𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓮 bladder’." I spoke to Professor Rachel Isba, who is involved in running the clinic. Last month, the...

I asked everyone to submit questions for me to ask Professor Adam Winstock. He's a psychiatrist who specialises in addiction, a researcher who has published over 100 studies on the topic of drugs, the founder of the Global Drugs Survey, and founder of harm reduction education programme Staying Safer. You lot submitted about 100 questions, it took hours for Winstock to answer them.

When some people take 𝙈𝘿𝙈𝘼 they get a comedown so severe that it feels like the Devil is tap dancing on their head. But others get the elusive ‘afterglow’, when they feel great for a period after getting on it. What factors influence this? NOTE: This video is for journalistic and educational purposes. There’s an editorial version of this video essay here: https://eztestkits.com/blogs/news/most-peo...

Irish poitín is one of the strongest alcoholic drinks ever known to man. It has an infamous reputation and not just because of its strength; in 1661, the British Crown changed their licencing laws introducing taxation on alcohol, but the poitín distillers refused to play ball. Instead they opted to move their activities underground, creating an illegal cottage industry. That sparked a cat-and-mous...

I think the British equivalent of Woodstock 99 is Leeds festival, but instead of one event descending into utter carnage, at Leeds fest the weekend has devolved into chaos a number of times over the years. It's seen riots, looting, riot police being dispatched, police helicopters hovering above, infrastructure set alight, gas canisters exploding, and there’s even been a court case over it all....

This seems to be an all too common occurrence at Ibiza Rocks. So many people have lost their lives there that the British tabloids have now called it "The Death Hotel". RIP to everyone who passed away, my thoughts are with their loved ones. You can check out The Secret DJ's books here: https://thesecretdj.net/product/secret-dj-book-two Chapters:0:00 Deaths at Ibiza Rocks3:15 History...

This is the disastrous story of how some of the most vulnerable communities in the UK (the prison population, the homeless community, and children at school) became gripped by 𝙨𝙮𝙣𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙤𝙞𝙙𝙨––an increasingly potent and unpredictable family of 𝙙𝙧𝙪𝙜𝙨 often referred to collectively as ‘spice’. Scientists, working out of the University of Bath in the UK, recently analysed 2,000 '𝙏𝙃𝘾 𝙫𝙖𝙥𝙚𝙨&...

In 2006/07, a number of public health warnings were released in the UK about what people were calling "grit 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙙" – 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙨 contaminated with tiny glass beads, sand, or other small particles. What is perhaps even more remarkable than the fact that people were contaminating it in this way, was the bizarre set of circumstances that led to that situation. The years 2001-2009 was an absolut...

𝘊𝘰𝘬𝘦-related deaths in England and Wales are up by more than ten fold since 2011. 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘥𝘦𝘳 in the UK is now cheaper (everything else has got up in price with inflation, but not that), more people are in treatment for it in recent times, and purity is also up in recent times. So, how did the UK get so 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘯 coke-y? I had a look at various sociological factors driving this...

Is Talk to FRANK (the UK’s Government drug education campaign which has been running for over two decades) a useful resource? Or is it simply an agent of prohibition? I tried to find out. Talk to FRANK is the UK's longest-running government d̶r̶u̶g̶s̶ education campaign. They’ve published some hilarious ads and they run a website and phone helpline that they say "educate and inform" young people a...

The guest on this episode of the podcast is Chris Knowles, better known as acid techno pioneer Chris Liberator. One part of the Liberator trio (alongside Julian and Aaron Liberator), he is credited with being one of the pioneers of acid techno in the early ​’90s; an uncompromising sound defined by the squelchy, screaming resonance generated by the Roland TB-303 synth. I wanted to know about his an...