Drugs, Inc.

A dealer makes a drop at a Hollywood red carpet event; a family hustles paste through a Peruvian forest; a US Customs stealth plane tracks an aircraft landing on a Guatemalan beach; a Border Patrol Agent makes his way through a tiny tunnel under the US-Mexican border as oxygen levels drop. At every step the price goes up, and the risks grow greater. Drugs Inc. reveals the international supply chain of a drug more valuable than gold: cocaine.

In Montana's wilderness, man poses the greatest threat to drug smugglers crossing the Canadian/American border. Long winters, boredom and isolation, fuel addicts' urgency for drugs. San Francisco, the epicenter of The 60s Psychedelic Revolution-- is notorious for drugs. But in the new millennium, the city, especially the gay community, is struggling to recover from a meth epidemic. The enabler of this situation is the Asian Cartel, who has been poisoning San Francisco with high quality meth for almost 25 years-- but the Mexican Cartels are intent on taking over. Nat Geo goes inside one of the worst drug ghettos in America--the heart of the drug trade.

Heroin can be life threatening, claiming the lives of numerous victims. Follow this opium derivative as it begins in a remote Afghan heroin lab that processes the raw materials and then on to Chicago, where a dealer demonstrates its final preparation for street sale. Gain insight into its insidious powers from users, and witness a police raid on a heroin distribution network in New Jersey. Plus, go inside one radical attempt to combat heroin's social costs by supplying it free to addicts.

Cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug on the planet. To many, it's an evil weed, but to some, it's a sacred herb, even a lifesaver. For decades the global supply was controlled by criminals, but now a quasi-legal industry worth billions of dollars is booming. Visit growers who are leading a horticultural revolution, hear from users consuming for medicinal purposes, go inside the "Green Rush" of medical marijuana in cities across the U.S. and the violent marijuana cartels in Mexico.

Fueling crime and violence like no other drug on the planet, crack cocaine is deadly, and so addictive that users will do anything to get their hands on it. Desperate for a high, addicts Jeff and Alexis turn to burglary, drug dealing and even prostitution.

Smuggling hashish from the remote Moroccan Riff Mountains to the streets of Europe is a dirty, dangerous business. A former British gangster serves as guide into this illicit underworld, visiting a secret hash-making location nestled in the mountains. Using everything from hidden car compartments and donkeys to skis and drug mules, the smugglers' key is to be as inconspicuous as possible.

Christmas morning in a pill. Penicillin for the soul. Known by users as the ultimate "love drug," ecstasy's euphoric high comes with major lows: Ravers have died from it and organized crime gangs will kill for it. In California, students "dial-a-deal" - ordering the drug over the phone and having it delivered directly to their door.

A center in the Amazon jungle in Peru supplies ayahuasca to tourists seeking healing. A University of San Francisco expert weighs in. A San Francisco undercover narcotics agent, who plies the LSD triangle between Santa Cruz, Berkeley & Haight-Ashbury, suffers brain damage after inadvertent exposure to a high dosage. A New York heroin user turns to ibogaine to kick his habit, and now treats others who want to quit their addiction in Canada (where it's legal). A Texan, suffering from cluster headaches, uses psilocybin (magic mushrooms). A LSD therapist in Switzerland helps a cancer patient overcome her fear of death.

This popular narcotic is made by pharmaceutical companies in India and sold illegally in nightclubs around the world.

Known as Hillbilly Heroin, Opiate pain pills can be found in every town and city across the United States. From the poorest trailer home to the most expensive mansion, they are tearing apart the fabric of American society.