An examination of the history of the poppy plant and three of its deadliest derivatives. In ancient times, the poppy was considered divine, but in the 19th and 20th centuries, its addicting and lethal qualities caused un ...

There has been a "drug culture" since the dawn of civilization. Sumerian cuneiform tablets from 3000 BC show a poppy harvest, as do ancient Egyptian scripts and Greek statues adorned with poppy crowns. Far more ...

Hidden deep within our country is a dark, parallel world - a Prison Nation most of us never see. This dangerous realm - inhabited by 2.2 million American convicts - is today in crisis. Increasing violence, extreme cro ...

Documentary about the video BUMFIGHTS, where the filmmakers paid homeless people and tramps to fight each other and perform stunts. Looks at the film and its consequences, particularly in terms of copycat followers, and ...

Their testimony at times elicited anger, and at other times sadness. But the three women who spoke to members of Congress today were clear on their message: Do something now, or the nation will continue to lose c ...

They are the stories that have been suppressed or overlooked for years and even generations. They expose the dark side of heroes, the humanity of villains, and the behind-the-scenes deals and bargains struck on the ev ...

London,2015.All drugs,with the exception of cocaine and heroin,are now legal.With the prohibition on such substances as cannabis and Ecstasy now lifted,the modern social scene is flowing along nicely-that is,until a g ...

In 2002, German cannibal Armin Meiwes was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to over eight years in prison for killing, dismembering and eating another man - who allegedly agreed to the arrangement over the internet ...

Sipho Agmatir Thwala was South Africa's Phoenix Strangler. Although he only operated for the relatively short period of a year from 1996 to 1997 he was to make it a terrifying year for KwaZulu-Natal province and rapid ...

You've heard about China's Cultural Revolution and and its sizzling Economic Revolution. But you haven't heard about its other great social upheaval - the Chinese Sexual Revolution - and like everything in that co ...