Stacey Dooley Investigates: Series 6

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Sociopolitical Documentary hosted by Stacey Dooley, published by BBC in 2015 - English narration

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Stacey Dooley Investigates: Series 6 Stacey Dooley is like a younger, more attractive Ross Kemp; meeting armed men in the world’s trouble spots This documentary heads to remote and hostile regions to meet producers and traffickers involved in the global drugs market.

[edit] Meth And Madness In Mexico

Beginning with a trip to Mexico, where Stacey Dooley finds out about the lucrative trade in crystal meth. The presenter joins the army as they close down `super labs' that have been appearing across the country, and hears about cartel brutality from the families of their victims. Plus, how some communities have set up their own vigilante groups to try to fight off the drug-supplying gangs.

[edit] Ecstasy Wars

Stacey investigates the production of ecstasy, travelling to Cambodia to witness the deforestation that takes place as gangs cut down the plants that contain the chemicals needed for production, before heading to Canada. While here she visits Vancouver, which is fast becoming one of the biggest producers of synthetic drugs, and meets a family whose daughter died after taking a pill containing a substitute for MDMA. Next, Stacey heads to Atlanta in the United Sates, where she uncovers gang wars taking place due to the popularity of ecstasy.

[edit] The Cannabis Smugglers

In this final episode Stacey Dooley travels to Swaziland to witness how powerful strains of cannabis are being grown and smuggled into Britain. She meets the farmers harvesting the drug, the mules getting rich transporting it and the police who are trying to stop the trade, as well as learning how it is being mixed with heroin to make a highly addictive substance.