About this episode
This episode explores how people are buying drugs during social isolation amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
As the lockdown enters its fifth week, people across the country are looking to escape the chaos, fear and anxiety of a global pandemic. Anything that can offer comfort or relief is in high demand—and that includes drugs. In this episode, Alex examines how people are buying drugs in social isolation, and the ways in which their dealers are managing the supply and demand of both regulated and unregulated substances. First up is the marijuana industry: Alex talks to Dean Arbit, CEO of bud.com , about skyrocketing demand and the specific highs his customers are looking for during COVID-19. Then she talks to "B," a dealer in Los Angeles selling cocaine, mushrooms and MDMA and learns how you move illegal drugs from six feet apart. This is an episode that will shed new light on the most intimate—and illegal—dimensions of human fear and loneliness. For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/sixfeetapart .
People in this episode
Host: Alex Wagner
Guests: Dean Arbit, B
Topics covered
- drugs
- COVID-19
- social isolation
- marijuana industry
- illegal drugs
- human fear
- loneliness
Keywords
- drugs
- COVID-19
- marijuana
- cocaine
- MDMA
- social isolation
- dealers
- human fear
- loneliness
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: bud.com
Places: Los Angeles
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