The Cannibal Warlords of Liberia (Full Length Documentary)

VICE travels to West Africa to rummage through the messy remains of a country ravaged by 14 years of civil war. Despite the United Nation’s eventual intervention, most of Liberia’s young people continue to live in abject poverty, surrounded by filth, drug addiction, and teenage prostitution. The former child soldiers who were forced into war have been left to fend for themselves, the murderous warlords who once led them in cannibalistic rampages have taken up as so-called community leaders, and new militias are lying in wait for the opportunity to reclaim their country from a government they rightly mistrust.

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EXCLUSIVE: The sisters who are the first proof that Russian flesh-eating ‘cannibal’ drug Krokodil IS in the U.S.

EXCLUSIVE: The sisters who are the first proof that Russian flesh-eating ‘cannibal’ drug Krokodil IS in the U.S.

  • Amber and Angie Neitzel, from Joliet, Illinois, say they have been using the potent alternative to heroin – which originated in Russia – for around a year
  • The drug’s devastating effect can clearly be seen by comparing pictures on their Facebook pages taken just a few months before they tried Krokodil
  • They say they had no idea they were taking Krokodil – a mixture of codeine and toxic ingredients including gasoline and lighter fluid 
  • Leading drugs specialist Dr Abhin Singla, confirmed to MailOnline that the sisters had abused Krokodil after Angie was among five addicts he treated for the drug in his small hospital in the last few weeks
  • Dr Singla is in no doubt because their telltale scaly sores – which gave the drug it’s name – are different from other addicts 
  • Despite these gruesome reports and several more examples spanning the country in states including Utah and Arizona the DEA initially played down concerns, saying they are ‘not seeing cases’ of abuse of the substance
  • Amber said: ‘My boyfriend actually had maggots coming out of his leg. I know people don’t want to hear stuff like that, but it is really happening out here’
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