Hunting For A Rare Congolese Weed Strain With “The Kings of Cannabis” | VICE on HBO

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Over the past 20 years, Franco Loja and Arjan Roskam, known as the "Kings of Cannabis," have made millions of dollars scouring the world for unique strains of weed to breed and then sell.
Now, they've turned their sights on Equatorial Africa, specifically the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as their next gold mine - and a way to revolutionize the cannabis industry.
"Equatorial Africa is one the best preserved because of the wars, the lack of infrastructure, political unrest. All these situations created isolation there," Loja explained. "So that's where we're going."
Loja and Roskam built their global powerhouse on inbred strains of cannabis called "landraces" that they've collected from all over the world - Argentina, Australia, and Brazil, just to name a few spots. Without these strains, the duo's various breeding enterprises, Amsterdam coffeeshops, and even distribution centers wouldn't exist.
VICE News met up with the “Kings of Cannabis” for a trip to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to hunt for one of the rarest species of Cannabis yet, the original Congolese landrace.
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@VICENews
@VICENews Жыл бұрын
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@deathsaidhello
@deathsaidhello Жыл бұрын
🤣🤣
@dankhill6851
@dankhill6851 10 ай бұрын
this is boring af
@dankhill6851
@dankhill6851 10 ай бұрын
were watching people jack off their own egos now? Wtf
@dankhill6851
@dankhill6851 10 ай бұрын
That means you need to hear we don't feel the way you do about you lmao
@josephmitchell6340
@josephmitchell6340 8 ай бұрын
4yrs later lol
@Ljrobison
@Ljrobison 4 жыл бұрын
"We expect to make billions over the next few years." Offers the dude $53
@javierf123456
@javierf123456 4 жыл бұрын
They had to pay every Chief. It probably added up and I’m sure it wouldn’t have been a good idea to carry an extreme sum of money in DRC
@corp9655
@corp9655 4 жыл бұрын
That’s why he died because God don’t like ugly. It’s wicked to treat Africans that way let alone any human that way. Sooo a price for a life.
@jossi9828
@jossi9828 4 жыл бұрын
He died in Congo due to Malaria.
@mscblacc7912
@mscblacc7912 4 жыл бұрын
Lol of course Javi. $53+$53+$53+53+$53+$53+$53+$53+$53+$53 = The billions they would make in the U.S from 2 seeds 😂😂
@user-kf2lp3mz9s
@user-kf2lp3mz9s 4 жыл бұрын
Javier Figueroa yea it added it up but did it add up to a billion no
@stevewillis1916
@stevewillis1916 4 жыл бұрын
“It was a long difficult journey” 2 minutes after being carried through mud by a kid half his age.
@familoveaang
@familoveaang 4 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@nolimitmajor5211
@nolimitmajor5211 4 жыл бұрын
That pissed me off lol
@beny6126
@beny6126 4 жыл бұрын
@angel cabrera-marotto using the word epitome while watching a video about weed-hunting
@burninhell_burnell2593
@burninhell_burnell2593 4 жыл бұрын
@@beny6126 good to have a big vocab no matter what your doing lol
@forrestjinks6306
@forrestjinks6306 4 жыл бұрын
No need to get his shoes all wet when the other guy was already barefoot
@Arizona_Raven
@Arizona_Raven Жыл бұрын
Franco Loja went back and tried to help the community that gave to him so freely. He had a good spirit.
@Glitch-Gremlin
@Glitch-Gremlin Жыл бұрын
Yeah, its sad he died in such a Terrible way :(
@noone7884
@noone7884 Жыл бұрын
@@Glitch-Gremlin how did he die
@Joshuakurupp
@Joshuakurupp Жыл бұрын
@@noone7884 malaria
@notthemashiach567
@notthemashiach567 Жыл бұрын
The curse of Palo Moyombe for crossing the land.
@koollee
@koollee Жыл бұрын
I know man. Its sad to hear that he died. Crazy how those well off guys risked their azzes to go deep into dangerous areas. They couldve gave or sent the Africans some different quality seeds as well or paid them more tho
@10milBill
@10milBill 4 жыл бұрын
Woah wasnt expecting the “he contracted malaria and it took his life” part
@christian4460
@christian4460 4 жыл бұрын
Those Americans put a curse on him after they heard they arnt gunna get nothing out of the deal
@kwame176
@kwame176 4 жыл бұрын
Gamer13 😂🤣
@KidKrazz81
@KidKrazz81 4 жыл бұрын
The other guy is lucky it wasn't him. He dead a** greedy not to pay those villagers for taking the seeds had them fighting with their local police.
@chavoloco1666
@chavoloco1666 4 жыл бұрын
KidKrazz like you wouldn’t do the same
@jacobdavis2097
@jacobdavis2097 4 жыл бұрын
These people have my dream job....I'm literally crying right now.
@steve8234
@steve8234 4 жыл бұрын
The video should be titled "The Dutch are Still Acting Shady in Africa."
@Aholeintheground
@Aholeintheground 4 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@chazdickerson2014
@chazdickerson2014 4 жыл бұрын
Facts
@adult1122
@adult1122 4 жыл бұрын
Seeds are not shit with out the soil🤔 the strian will only last but so long.
@nickramey7450
@nickramey7450 4 жыл бұрын
Lmao.. Only shady ones was the ones argueing in favor to abandon these guys incthe jungle..
@mariegraves5342
@mariegraves5342 4 жыл бұрын
Facts
@yeseniaflores02
@yeseniaflores02 Жыл бұрын
it kills me that no one said these people deserve more or a percentage of the benefits should go to them they need and deserve that money more than both of those men
@Emilianoo8
@Emilianoo8 2 ай бұрын
Listen privileged girl I know you like to seem like a social justice activist and what not I get it it’s cute and really corky but do you understand how much more problematic issues would sprout from them sending even a 100.000 to a village that helped them a war would legit break out between all villages who helped
@mickbarba5042
@mickbarba5042 Жыл бұрын
I smoked weed called”black congolese “ back in the 70’s , it was more purple and red colored than black.It was almost hallucinogenic!Wonderful memory!
@clxutchc7790
@clxutchc7790 Жыл бұрын
u sure it was bud?
@YiBaLanPai
@YiBaLanPai 2 ай бұрын
I used to get really high on a weed called diesel
@aradianite
@aradianite 2 ай бұрын
@@YiBaLanPaisour diesel?
@KhanKush
@KhanKush 2 ай бұрын
​@@YiBaLanPaisour diesal?
@user-gy2cb2rt4y
@user-gy2cb2rt4y 2 ай бұрын
Yes, it's a pity that with these guys, they probably sourced it and then gave the locals some hybrid seeds in exchange... meaning if the locals crossed their plants with those dutch genetics, it could be gone already.
@MikeHunt-by5vn
@MikeHunt-by5vn 5 жыл бұрын
Dude really had some kid carry him across the water 🤦‍♂️
@joaopa9250
@joaopa9250 5 жыл бұрын
I know, right...wtf?!
@MikeHunt-by5vn
@MikeHunt-by5vn 5 жыл бұрын
Joao Pa lol I forgot I watched this
@unofrmpluto
@unofrmpluto 5 жыл бұрын
That was a grown ass man
@whackytobaccy5736
@whackytobaccy5736 5 жыл бұрын
You didn't see what he made him do off camera...
@notundermywatch3163
@notundermywatch3163 5 жыл бұрын
He is an absolute soy boy, complete disrespect, like 99% of VICE´s reporters never understand why they hire these weaklings to send them in remote regions.
@sdot7641
@sdot7641 4 жыл бұрын
Does anyone else feel like they skimmed over most of the story. This thing could be a movie
@tstar-vk8ql
@tstar-vk8ql 4 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure there's a full documentary on this
@kirinnaicker8871
@kirinnaicker8871 3 жыл бұрын
tstar2345 where?
@dinglemcringle7809
@dinglemcringle7809 3 жыл бұрын
Spartan 187 looks are not everything when it comes to weed. I have smoked some shitty looking weed and it’s gotten me higher then some of the best looking weed....
@fencho4381
@fencho4381 3 жыл бұрын
RIP Franco
@DrakeButMexican
@DrakeButMexican 3 жыл бұрын
@Spartan 187 You sound like you know nothing. These are OG seeds. Landrace strains. Straight from the earth, pure, god given. These are the strains that gave birth to every strain and hybrid you know about. Having some of these seeds is unique because they have their own thc, cbd, and thcv content. Which can then be mixed and maximized with any other strains.
@dgc05
@dgc05 2 жыл бұрын
I feel like almost everything could be cured by nature itself.
@mehdoodasmanagementteam1274
@mehdoodasmanagementteam1274 2 жыл бұрын
Well it can’t
@MagickMulatta
@MagickMulatta 2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely knowledge is power
@rose6610
@rose6610 2 жыл бұрын
RIP Franco! You were and are the best man! I love all your episodes, all your strain hunter vids. You seemed like the only one of the group with an actual true love, in the classic meaning of the word, for cannabis. I can tell the difference between a true lover of this plant, from those that pretend to be for monetary gain. I don't know how else to say it. You can see it in his eyes every time he see's a new strain. his eyes light up like fire. He is really a genuine cannaphile.
@DudeMan-xs3db
@DudeMan-xs3db Жыл бұрын
Its just weed bro
@anim3walker393
@anim3walker393 Жыл бұрын
@@DudeMan-xs3db it’s a death and yea it is just weed but that 1 thing brings so many people joy and happiness and money it’s amazing rip franco!
@bigweed6964
@bigweed6964 Жыл бұрын
Thats funny I saw greed in his eyes
@joshuamanasco5201
@joshuamanasco5201 Жыл бұрын
Weird i saw greed. as he gloated about making "millions" from taking someone elses seeds he paid 100$ for. in front of people who couldn't even make a living off of it. No wonder people were angry when they left. You need to re-read some people. Big time.
@mrshortman13
@mrshortman13 Жыл бұрын
Good riddance.
@kristopherfoley1633
@kristopherfoley1633 2 жыл бұрын
"Unfortunately he contracted malaria and passed away" You can't take something from the Congo and not have it take something back.
@tayatheoria
@tayatheoria 2 жыл бұрын
Heart of darkness
@YaBoiShining
@YaBoiShining 2 жыл бұрын
So the other people involved living was what? You think malaria would have turned around and went the other way if he didn't take seeds? Get help
@kristopherfoley1633
@kristopherfoley1633 2 жыл бұрын
@@YaBoiShining yes, that's exactly what I think. You don't know malaria like I do. It takes what it wants from who it wants. You shoulda left the seeds for the people there. That way maybe 1 of them wouldn't have infected him on purpose with malaria. Stupid 🤣
@ChainsTheChef888
@ChainsTheChef888 2 жыл бұрын
It feels something like the spy kids where they take a valuable clock that the skeletons were holding and the whole skeleton kingdom came to attack them and then left them alone when they got their clock back. Something like this, if you take something that's pure and you violate it, it will violate you. Have respect for the congo seeds
@weplayatnight3913
@weplayatnight3913 2 жыл бұрын
@Chris The Weedologist lol like it's so easy to do the work these guys were doing. There's easier ways to make money
@itsjustaprankbrochill___3153
@itsjustaprankbrochill___3153 4 жыл бұрын
The Europeans offering $53 is like Mr Krabs selling spongebobs soul for 62cents
@Aluxix
@Aluxix 4 жыл бұрын
They sold his soul
@jamesquick6895
@jamesquick6895 4 жыл бұрын
That's for sure! Lol
@zellydarebel8044
@zellydarebel8044 4 жыл бұрын
Why haven't yall realized that Congo money currency is way different than the other place in the world $53 is a lot of money that amount they paid that man was a lot of money in Congo currency you will be rich with that if u lived in congo
@crazymusicgrlcheesecake
@crazymusicgrlcheesecake 4 жыл бұрын
@@zellydarebel8044 its not a lot of money. It's shyt.
@weirdoslovemrshelton
@weirdoslovemrshelton 4 жыл бұрын
@@zellydarebel8044 FOH SMDH
@v12vdozen51
@v12vdozen51 Жыл бұрын
My people are magical don’t ever think you can take something worth billions and have no consequences 🙏🏿
@vintagemotoseattle
@vintagemotoseattle 5 ай бұрын
lol its already been done.
@bajorekjon
@bajorekjon 2 ай бұрын
Hey, he gave them 100 bucks
@TheUsgusg
@TheUsgusg 2 жыл бұрын
“So much potential in one seed” helluva quote 💯
@CollinGill7
@CollinGill7 4 жыл бұрын
i love that the editor kept in hamilton being carried across the tiny creek
@charles.h5858
@charles.h5858 4 жыл бұрын
ikr some people in those mostly untouched areas are so nice.
@kokobeatz7222
@kokobeatz7222 3 жыл бұрын
Trash
@BotAimAJ
@BotAimAJ 3 жыл бұрын
You would like that. Bet you would have a problem if it was the other way around 🤬
@Donikin
@Donikin 3 жыл бұрын
@BabyGoat Aristes bruh what
@lampiaoverde2090
@lampiaoverde2090 3 жыл бұрын
@@BotAimAJ bruh what
@apachejano1872
@apachejano1872 2 жыл бұрын
In my opinion , I feel I’d be mad too if a bunch of foreigners came in and took something that I have farmed for years and barley managed to make a decent living off of while they simultaneously bragged and gloated about the millions of dollars they stand to make from it .. I understand their anger and also understand the view of the strain hunters .. they could’ve at least arranged a way to help set them up to farm and sell it on their own , but instead they took the strain for themselves so they can have a monopoly on that particular land race , essentially pushing them out of the market for it.. now when anyone buys this strain , it won’t come from the native farmers who helped create it in the first place by consistently breeding and protecting this variety , but from the foreigners who took it, and grew it elsewhere .. just my thoughts on the situation ..
@timotheechammywammy3214
@timotheechammywammy3214 2 жыл бұрын
Yes that exploitation has been happening for centuries, which is why Africa is so impoverished til this day.
@ducatimidnight594
@ducatimidnight594 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah to hell with these guys
@davidblaisehays5056
@davidblaisehays5056 2 жыл бұрын
That's why one of them caught maleria and is no longer with the living. Instant karma 💯💪🏿
@TheFamilyGuyFan2
@TheFamilyGuyFan2 2 жыл бұрын
@DavidBlaise Hays Did you miss the part where he was trying to legalize it in Africa? or do you just love misery?.
@kemphoss-4791
@kemphoss-4791 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah i would be mad too. The scientists still have a lot of work and investment to make it a viable strain to the public tho. Cant imagine how expensive that facility is
@lemondishonor7736
@lemondishonor7736 Жыл бұрын
I met Arhan and Franco at Greenhouse Seeds in Amsterdam back in 2011. They were both welcoming and they were very knowledgeable about the different strains. R.I.P. Franco
@michaelgustin9719
@michaelgustin9719 2 жыл бұрын
Their living the dream and God bless his soul for being one of the few who have traveled the world uniting and bringing all the different types of marijuana together
@TheJigoChigo
@TheJigoChigo 5 жыл бұрын
yo that twist at the end, "he went to Congo again, contracted malaria and died." the end....
@fuckerupper5800
@fuckerupper5800 5 жыл бұрын
At least he knew they'd find it.
@luke-vk7kl
@luke-vk7kl 4 жыл бұрын
Went up in smoke
@gabrielfisher7300
@gabrielfisher7300 4 жыл бұрын
The skinny guy talks like an evil villain chasing world dominantion
@Dirty_
@Dirty_ 4 жыл бұрын
Right like hes about to betray them and extort their resources for his own greed
@slimetymeent.5863
@slimetymeent.5863 4 жыл бұрын
Low-key 😂😂
@vonxoliver
@vonxoliver 3 жыл бұрын
He is, an evil scientist wanting to dominate the world through cannabis
@manoloparra4772
@manoloparra4772 3 жыл бұрын
He dead tho hahahahaha
@ac6298
@ac6298 3 жыл бұрын
THAT'S WHY WHEN HE WAS THERE HE DIED OF MALIRIA
@lucasnakase1217
@lucasnakase1217 10 ай бұрын
Wow, this was simply the best cannabis documentary I´ve seen so far. Its amazing how it shows us a hole different level behind the colonialism, economics and social impact around cannabis. Franco Loja was incredible, such a unique guy, he seemed to be a true lover to cannabis and not just the plant, but to the hole ecosystem behind it, the market, the science and most importanly.... the people !
@nathanstephens4600
@nathanstephens4600 2 жыл бұрын
Wow. Rip Franco I didn’t realize he had passed. How I missed that is beyond me.
@MaacAka
@MaacAka 4 жыл бұрын
Jesus that ending was a surprise rip..
@tokiodevil1
@tokiodevil1 4 жыл бұрын
Ikr? Shit..
@thesmokingrooster8791
@thesmokingrooster8791 4 жыл бұрын
Malaria is caused by a mosquito bite, ya seen all those flying around the boat, it only takes one to transmit the disease. It basically kills all the red cells and keeps new red cells from being made so the body starves of oxygen because red cells carry the oxygen, he basically died from the inside out. It's rare in the USA, They say 20,000 cases a year, still rare considering how many people live in the US.
@richserp9762
@richserp9762 4 жыл бұрын
@@thesmokingrooster8791 damn
@andrewg3856
@andrewg3856 4 жыл бұрын
@@thesmokingrooster8791 yeah it's kinda fortunate that the rest of them on the trip didn't catch it too
@xricoxswahveax1930
@xricoxswahveax1930 4 жыл бұрын
For real plot twist had me fucked up
@ryugo7713
@ryugo7713 4 жыл бұрын
The irony of a plant containing THC-V which stops hunger being found in a 3rd world country struggling with hunger.
@jackhartzell6074
@jackhartzell6074 4 жыл бұрын
No coincidence at all. Hungry farmers will select plants that don't make them hungrier
@baotrung1393
@baotrung1393 4 жыл бұрын
No lmao they don't just magically stop hunger. It's biology that you need food to sustain your body. THCV is only appetite-suppressing, meaning they fight back the hunger caused by THC entering your body. They can't fight back lack of food.
@luisgandara9633
@luisgandara9633 4 жыл бұрын
Wow word
@darrelllewissr9413
@darrelllewissr9413 4 жыл бұрын
The irony is that you think it's a 3rd world country that has all the natural resources and precious metals and gems that the rest of the world is constantly stealing. Oil,diamonds, platinum gold and now marijuana
@alejandrodiaz5838
@alejandrodiaz5838 4 жыл бұрын
The irony is that you can trick your body into not being hungry but your body eating itself because of lack of food won’t go away because you arnt as hungry... you still need a certain limit of calories to survive
@rchot84
@rchot84 Жыл бұрын
Smoking some Red Congolese right thanks to the NYC pure sativa boom. I really wanna thank Franco for devoting his life to land race rediscovery and preservation. These beautiful strains give energy euphoria and enlighten. R.I.P.
@gmen446
@gmen446 14 сағат бұрын
I love this channel. I love what you guys are doing. Keep them coming. I am a diabetic and would love to know more about this strain
@RobbyBoy167
@RobbyBoy167 4 жыл бұрын
The host guy acts like a true 18th century british high class woman going overseas.
@vonxoliver
@vonxoliver 3 жыл бұрын
culture shock
@marcinkiersnowski5235
@marcinkiersnowski5235 3 жыл бұрын
Soy has nothing to do with it, you big macho tough veal eater!!! Arggghhh. So manly!
@swagman7734
@swagman7734 3 жыл бұрын
Marcin Kiersnowski shutup nerd
@ryanschlosser6531
@ryanschlosser6531 3 жыл бұрын
And he won’t stop saying “journey” 🙄
@iloveujerzy7534
@iloveujerzy7534 3 жыл бұрын
go outside soyboy@@marcinkiersnowski5235
@philhancin3489
@philhancin3489 4 жыл бұрын
NOONE TALKING ABOUT THE MIDGET RASTA PRIEST THO ??
@zeusodinson4541
@zeusodinson4541 4 жыл бұрын
KUSH why you want people to hate on him for you, that’s hateful and hopefully your kids turnout midget rastas and you can talk about them all day
@philhancin3489
@philhancin3489 4 жыл бұрын
Wasn't hating at all
@otsoto8088
@otsoto8088 4 жыл бұрын
@@philhancin3489 lol bro imagine your kids come out midget rastas like the guy said 🤣😂😂
@realization2013
@realization2013 4 жыл бұрын
@@philhancin3489 it's too late. The prophecy has been foretold
@philhancin3489
@philhancin3489 4 жыл бұрын
Looks like I'm having white rasta babies
@Radioactive100100
@Radioactive100100 Жыл бұрын
So... you're telling me that this dude went all the way into the middle of the jungle to steal rare weed from a poor village to make a profit. AND YOU MADE A DOCUMENTARY ON IT!
@Ace-yg6cb
@Ace-yg6cb Жыл бұрын
honestly it was lowkey kinda interested 💀
@hc5707
@hc5707 4 жыл бұрын
imagine being such a burden on your team, that you have to have a kid carry you across water. grow some balls man
@kadical7531
@kadical7531 4 жыл бұрын
For real like I ain't getting dirty. Someone carry me across the mud !
@gameplaysErik
@gameplaysErik 4 жыл бұрын
dude that guy gave me the creeps man
@joshsan8450
@joshsan8450 4 жыл бұрын
harley cortez it was funny. What’s really the big deal? People on the internet will make assumptions and spread negative energy for absolutely 0 reason.
@hc5707
@hc5707 4 жыл бұрын
@@joshsan8450 yeah it's funny that in a impoverished country a black kid carried a completely able white guy on his back through mud. So funny, seeing their laughs really set the mood for me.
@soxmodz2227
@soxmodz2227 4 жыл бұрын
@@hc5707 Well when you put it like that....LMAO
@ELShavier
@ELShavier 4 жыл бұрын
I feel like the ancestors took his life for the seeds lol
@LowkeyCat
@LowkeyCat 4 жыл бұрын
lmfaooo imagine😩😩
@delmeauxknows5856
@delmeauxknows5856 3 жыл бұрын
I was looking for this comment.
@catfink4710
@catfink4710 3 жыл бұрын
well u have written for fun but i believe this might be the case. In Africa Voodo spells nd anestral power nd black magic is very powerful that can result in similar consequences.
@bboy232
@bboy232 3 жыл бұрын
Facts!
@ggabtheBlessedOne
@ggabtheBlessedOne 3 жыл бұрын
Dem thief’s! Set fire pon dem soul!
@bertolaci9509
@bertolaci9509 Жыл бұрын
I understand Franco, don't like the other dude, but you can see how he cared about weed and giving it to the world, even acting sometimes like the pharmacy industry, he went back to help.
@MysteryD
@MysteryD Жыл бұрын
As nerdy as I think this dude is, and as *not* into this culture myself as he is... I sure can appreciate the balls it takes to go to a lot of these places and do these things.
@112477fm
@112477fm 2 жыл бұрын
Greed comes with leverage. The 50$ offer was such a slap in the face when they knew it was going to make them not millions but billions in the years to come . Those village people will never see a single penny from that seed they have given. Smh
@noble7461
@noble7461 2 жыл бұрын
Capitalists will tell themselves all kinds of stories about how they’re helping the world.
@WittyOriginalUsername
@WittyOriginalUsername 2 жыл бұрын
Lmfao, if they gave him more money, he would have been killed for his money within a week. When the yearly income average is $750 USD, $50 for seeds is a good deal. Everyone bitching isn’t Congolese
@jamfilledjars
@jamfilledjars 2 жыл бұрын
Humans in general will tell themselves that. Unfortunate nature of the beast.
@Fonemerson
@Fonemerson 2 жыл бұрын
Buddy died while trying to make weed legal there but who cares right?
@maximilianomontes4867
@maximilianomontes4867 2 жыл бұрын
Allright, so lets supose you sell me this great weed and it came with some seeds. Lets pretend for a moment that i plant those seeds using my own money for equipment and they came up to be top A quality sativa plant wich i then sell and make tons of cash with it. That means i ow you money? All they bought was some seeds in a farm, and no one can ask you for more than 100 bucks for that. Like it or not, we live in a free world and the poor, the rich, we all deserve the same rights.
@MygovernmentNameisLondon
@MygovernmentNameisLondon 4 жыл бұрын
This is some Christopher Columbus type s*** at its finest
@woopwoop60
@woopwoop60 4 жыл бұрын
Facts wtf
@andychristian1621
@andychristian1621 4 жыл бұрын
But, without the death part ofcourse
@woopwoop60
@woopwoop60 4 жыл бұрын
@Loki Leaves in your eyes. What if they thrive on holistic simplicity?
@woopwoop60
@woopwoop60 4 жыл бұрын
@Loki Leavesthe ones who take are the ones who have to be asked for such things. Shh and find yourself.
@marct7234
@marct7234 4 жыл бұрын
Loki Leaves Take your ignorance away and gain knowledge of the truth. You must not know of neocolonialism, or the fact that 500,000,000,000 is stolen from Africa each year by Europeans and even America. Ugh you really think China can develop itself like this and Africans can’t? Guns were the only thing that gained Europe power in the past. Running away from the plague to conquer.
@sheldonhatch8255
@sheldonhatch8255 Жыл бұрын
I'm shocked. Actually crying. I didn't know Franco had passed. I am literally not moving, barely breathing, but my jaw is gaping, I am floored!
@jforeman4111
@jforeman4111 9 ай бұрын
Vice docs are very well done-must say.
@keylupveintisiete7552
@keylupveintisiete7552 4 жыл бұрын
"These made them millionaires" "We gon' make billions." Proceeds to offer $50 to locals
@mjunaidful
@mjunaidful 4 жыл бұрын
Fat chicken Small egg
@danielrosser5328
@danielrosser5328 4 жыл бұрын
All potheads know you got to hustle, roll with dat shiot
@morpheus2270
@morpheus2270 4 жыл бұрын
you think he should of payed more for a tin full of seeds? their market where these locals are making money is unaffected and 50$ is probably like a months wage there. if you think they deserve more than 50$ for a tin of what is essentially reggie seeds then you are crazy.
@poppyflorist
@poppyflorist 4 жыл бұрын
what are you talking about mate? People are paid for the value they provide. Just because the locals came to know the potential after the west came in doesnt mean they can make any money on their own. You are paid for only how much you contribute. Thats fair. These people do not have th infrastructure, the demand clients or the know how to leverage the business. Hell is not even their land to claim money, lot less demand it! sorry thats how capitalism works. They would have made deals with the country's government for sure! The ones that entered needn't pay squat to the locals and its the govt duty to provide them jobs, safety and other means to actually make it a viable business in Congo, benefitting even the locals. Thats how it works!
@NHLfromBN
@NHLfromBN 4 жыл бұрын
That’s what it’s worth
@ivansarangsang2625
@ivansarangsang2625 3 жыл бұрын
While rich people like them are busy searching for cannabis in some parts of the world "legally" while living their life, some people like farmers, jobless and poor individuals in the off-grids are fighting for their lives against their governments just to plant this raw material for a single penny in hope to survive. This world is unfair and cruel 💔
@indraksful
@indraksful 3 жыл бұрын
Yes it is
@JohnDoe-iw1mz
@JohnDoe-iw1mz 3 жыл бұрын
I’m sure now being able to plant weed is a testament on how unfair and cruel the world is. Kinda ironic that the video takes place in Congo, with poverty and disease staring straight at you face, a true sign of cruel and inequality in the world, and you devolve your thinking to weed, lol what a clown
@tnb3260
@tnb3260 3 жыл бұрын
@@JohnDoe-iw1mz hey, Dummy 🥴, that's what the ENTIRE video is about, since YOU haven't noticed. 🤣😂🤷
@jameshowell9040
@jameshowell9040 3 жыл бұрын
That part str8 bullchit
@hehe2352
@hehe2352 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah it is, but who tf actually actually cares,
@Bruv234
@Bruv234 Жыл бұрын
RIP Franco. I learned a lot from you
@charlesbox5410
@charlesbox5410 Жыл бұрын
Any updates on what they done with those seeds
@georgewhite2498
@georgewhite2498 5 жыл бұрын
HOLY SHIT THAT TWIST AT THE END WAS MIND BLOWING
@aNOMaly_..
@aNOMaly_.. 5 жыл бұрын
George White af....
@southpaws1111
@southpaws1111 5 жыл бұрын
I feel like shit
@ethangodfrey5494
@ethangodfrey5494 5 жыл бұрын
Right
@musiczheir
@musiczheir 5 жыл бұрын
Right? I was like, oh, just a cool weed documentary, let me watch it, and now I feel personally attacked lol
@Dan3043
@Dan3043 5 жыл бұрын
I was kinda hilarious, though.
@ramblinevilmushroom
@ramblinevilmushroom 2 жыл бұрын
wow, actual economic colonialism. didnt think id ever see an IRL example in the modern day
@NextLineIsMine
@NextLineIsMine 2 жыл бұрын
Its not like the locals invented the plant, it was growing wildly thousands of years before them
@DrGears-sn4gj
@DrGears-sn4gj 2 жыл бұрын
I don't know if I would call 3 stoned idiots who sell weed buying weed from African guys economic colonialism. It isn't like there going there with guns to steal the resources
@jam3152
@jam3152 2 жыл бұрын
@@NextLineIsMine doesn’t matter. It’s their land, their cultivation be maintaining.
@bigblackpipeb1974
@bigblackpipeb1974 2 жыл бұрын
And you see what happened to franco..the gods don't like ugly!
@jeffmercury4270
@jeffmercury4270 2 жыл бұрын
Dude smiled and laughed “no”… dawg you already make millions would promising them 3% kill you?
@LS-ji5sq
@LS-ji5sq Жыл бұрын
What. A video. Rest In Peace to Franco!
@user-gf1ds6lf9r
@user-gf1ds6lf9r Ай бұрын
Rest in peace Franco i see the passion in you, the worlds needs you
@cloudywater7084
@cloudywater7084 4 жыл бұрын
8:18 Did this mf really ride an African ?!?😭
@communismisfreedom
@communismisfreedom 4 жыл бұрын
I know tf I was dying as well
@s.a.8548
@s.a.8548 4 жыл бұрын
That looked like a child too?? Wtf...
@wickedliquid1177
@wickedliquid1177 4 жыл бұрын
He got a piggy back ride..so what. The man offered to help him across..the African was getting paid more money than he'd ever made in his life to make the journey..is it bad because the guys black..stop infantilising black people.
@s.a.8548
@s.a.8548 4 жыл бұрын
@@wickedliquid1177 It's a show of how weak and embarrassing this "journalist" is. Like really? You're scared of a little puddle? He is the definition of beta lmao
@juniorrs5896
@juniorrs5896 4 жыл бұрын
Yes his daddy
@johnrocker2943
@johnrocker2943 4 жыл бұрын
"That's how it works in our business..." No, that's how you decided your business works.
@ProTuner06
@ProTuner06 4 жыл бұрын
No, that's how EVERY market works.
@johnrocker2943
@johnrocker2943 4 жыл бұрын
@Ego Twistick Maybe there's some ground between $40 million and $50 that could be established? Because at the end they choose to operate at you KNOW it's a deliberate rip-off.
@tiananman
@tiananman 3 жыл бұрын
@@johnrocker2943 there's no guarantee that those seeds were worth anything. These guys risked their lives and no small amount of money on this trip on a crap shoot. The plants are still there in the Congo. The chiefs were paid. If you want to go on some charitable journey to enrich the people of the Congo, I don't see anything stopping you. So far, the cannabis kings have done infinitely more for than you.
@dabadc
@dabadc 3 жыл бұрын
@Ego Twistick How do you know what they would have done? And one cabbage will not produce the profits those seeds will; bad analogy.
@oddzbebooliniii7825
@oddzbebooliniii7825 3 жыл бұрын
@@tiananman Lol these are millionaires that paid $50... I'm sorry, but that's fucking laughable, as they take thousands of seeds and plants from a field the local villagers use.... then they turn around and make it THEIR product. You can defend them all you want (what's especially weird is that you mention what measly amount the millionaire "Kings of Cannabis" had to pay to get to a field..... to take advantage of a cultural artifact. And I say this as pro-capitalist---- but I'm not just gonna excuse these guys who are very clearly walking all over something that is seen as sacred for that culture, all for capital gain. " If you want to go on some charitable journey to enrich the people of the Congo, I don't see anything stopping you. " Yeah-- no one's making that argument.... that still doesn't excuse anything though lol.
@jonathanmiller5089
@jonathanmiller5089 Жыл бұрын
Great documentary! RIP Franco.
@riffwizardsupreme
@riffwizardsupreme Жыл бұрын
bro just sounds like a movie villain this whole time
@Yinyang1277
@Yinyang1277 5 жыл бұрын
Damn... rip to Franco the man died doing what he truly loved...
@IHateAnime_
@IHateAnime_ 5 жыл бұрын
Giaccomo Chiarella, Malaria
@bobthebuilder1360
@bobthebuilder1360 5 жыл бұрын
@Giaccomo Chiarella no
@Yinyang1277
@Yinyang1277 5 жыл бұрын
Giaccomo Chiarella bro honestly it’s not even funny he’s passed. He was an extremely successful entrepreneur with fantastic plans that would benefit the world and in return benefit his income too, which is realistic considering it’s a business industry. He passed from Malaria, but the dude is like the mastermind of ideas. He’s insanely passionate about finding new and the best strains for medicinal purposes and I have to give him mad props for building such an empire while he was still alive. Never laugh at the someone who passes man atleast out of respect. Most people would just send workers out that way if they catch something then oh well not my problem since your getting paid. These two were in it to win it man and their grind never stopped.
@eid2290
@eid2290 5 жыл бұрын
@Giaccomo Chiarella are you stupid? its in the video that he died
@xUltimatexInstinctx
@xUltimatexInstinctx 5 жыл бұрын
He died because of a fucking mosquito. Unfortunate.
@haroldlange9196
@haroldlange9196 4 жыл бұрын
Spends $30,000 minimum on this trip to make millions and only pay these locals $100 for days of there time.. That really makes us look bad
@yvarware3816
@yvarware3816 4 жыл бұрын
They most likely paid more than that for protection. And I'm sure they were required to pay for a UN convoy
@tusio.3397
@tusio.3397 4 жыл бұрын
harold lange lol do you think they make more than hundreds from anything else?
@josebravo5125
@josebravo5125 4 жыл бұрын
In the end of the video, he says that weed was still not legal in the Congo, but Franco was trying to attempt to legalize it. The people of Congo can't profit of what is not legal.
@Carpe_Diem_XCIII
@Carpe_Diem_XCIII 4 жыл бұрын
harold lange idk what you mean by “us”. Speak for yourself
@Carpe_Diem_XCIII
@Carpe_Diem_XCIII 4 жыл бұрын
Jose Bravo drug dealers have been profiting off of weed since it’s been illegal
@dogradsky
@dogradsky 2 жыл бұрын
I feel like there's been so much cut out from the original recordings. Is there a full feature length version of this somewhere?
@rodneyplato2983
@rodneyplato2983 4 ай бұрын
Definitely one of the coolest vids.
@axlsayaddi8679
@axlsayaddi8679 4 жыл бұрын
Franco: Im gonna be billionaire Africa: Im about to end this mans life
@tariqhassan3463
@tariqhassan3463 4 жыл бұрын
Not funny
@altminer247comfreebitcoin8
@altminer247comfreebitcoin8 4 жыл бұрын
get on this african real money. Bitcoin
@jamesbutterson5218
@jamesbutterson5218 4 жыл бұрын
RIP Franco 👊💨
@akilsandiford5783
@akilsandiford5783 4 жыл бұрын
Damn that sucks
@onepunchman1020
@onepunchman1020 4 жыл бұрын
😂
@commonsense2156
@commonsense2156 4 жыл бұрын
This should be a netflix series or something this story is insane
@mikeh554
@mikeh554 4 жыл бұрын
Watch Hamilton's Pharmacopeia on Hulu
@joshjohnson9040
@joshjohnson9040 4 жыл бұрын
Mike H what is the show about
@mikeh554
@mikeh554 4 жыл бұрын
@@joshjohnson9040 Hamilton (the white shirt/glasses Vice reporter in this video) travels around making mini documentaries on different drugs.
@yungcoolie
@yungcoolie 4 жыл бұрын
Mike H great show. So interesting
@cristiancancel5201
@cristiancancel5201 4 жыл бұрын
Factssssss they should
@yeomzy
@yeomzy Жыл бұрын
That boat trip must of been absolute hell 🤣
@edda1281
@edda1281 2 ай бұрын
the little man with the bullhorn is the best thing i seen tdy
@illegallemur4024
@illegallemur4024 4 жыл бұрын
The sad thing is, Africa has an insurmountable level of potential. Just they are too busy trying to survive and the wrest of the world profits off their untapped value
@moerocks123454
@moerocks123454 4 жыл бұрын
Africa has always been profitable Factor in colonization and African slave trade maybe it’ll put more into perspective
@illegallemur4024
@illegallemur4024 4 жыл бұрын
Essentially the same thing, getting taken advantage of by higher powers since the very beginning
@Robertmalagon
@Robertmalagon 4 жыл бұрын
The richest man in the world used to be from Africa, king Masa Musa. You don’t hear much from that as history books have been trying to erase it for hundreds of years.
@tanvinu248
@tanvinu248 4 жыл бұрын
Stupid.
@miket3taylor
@miket3taylor 4 жыл бұрын
Maybe one day they will get there shit together
@normastanley5853
@normastanley5853 3 жыл бұрын
Greed is a trip --- watching the fellas reaction to the value of the seeds left a impression on me ! Rest in peace Franco ! You had a good life..
@notthatguy4703
@notthatguy4703 2 жыл бұрын
Franco is the greedy one 🤦‍♂️ Dude is like a Disney villain, how are you this dull?
@vitsadelhole
@vitsadelhole 2 жыл бұрын
@@notthatguy4703 how is he a villain at all?
@Sm31LyxTr33s
@Sm31LyxTr33s 2 жыл бұрын
@@notthatguy4703 You realize he did quite a bit of humanitarian work in Africa right?
@MagicPlants
@MagicPlants 2 жыл бұрын
From the Strain Hunters: "t has been more than a year since we recorded this and over a year since we lost our dear Franco. We miss him so much. Since then we have donated over 500,000 dollars this year in the Democratic Republic of Congo for humanitarian projects and invested over 500,000 dollars in our medical trials for HIV, MALARIA, and Diarrhoea in DRC. The way they put arjan on the spot to answer that question at the end is taken completely out of context. We spent over a million in Congo, Franco died, and don't sell anything yet from Congo.... it has only cost us large sums of money and lots of sacrifice. Its not easy working in such a climate, we welcome anyone to come help us. We hope our sacrifice will lead to benefits both to the people of Congo, lead as an example for other struggling countries and to the future development of our organisation. At the end of the day, you need to conduct business and earn revenues, we can only make a difference with cash flow and we do need to fund our projects somehow. We reinvest more than any other cannabis company back into communities. Check the www.strainhuntersfoundation.com to read more about our medical cannabis and humanitarian projects in Congo and other countries. Unfortunately we lost our brother Franco to Malaria in Congo, he dedicated his life to this plant and he made the ultimate sacrifice. We will continue his legacy and make sure this magical plant will help Africa build up their economy and benefit from cannabis as a medicine. Cannabis has the power to help Africa develop, we welcome anyone to help contribute. Here's to Franco, we love you and miss you, see you in Paradise."
@shortmankushhead2153
@shortmankushhead2153 2 жыл бұрын
Definitely 💯💯
@CC-gf3nt
@CC-gf3nt Жыл бұрын
Very sad story. Praying the benefits gained will aid many. RIP good man.
@psykid6587
@psykid6587 Жыл бұрын
Thiss iss the vice we need
@shroomsmagoo420
@shroomsmagoo420 4 жыл бұрын
I love how one of the local kids in the tribe is wearing a BassPro Shop shirt lol
@BIGNICKDJ
@BIGNICKDJ 4 жыл бұрын
was looking for this comment
@fever4174
@fever4174 4 жыл бұрын
They give it to kids through charity you can donate it too. There’s a photo of a kid in Africa wearing a Cookie Monster shirt saying “me so hungry”
@christophergould8408
@christophergould8408 4 жыл бұрын
Probably looted some where🤣
@crazylikeafox1000
@crazylikeafox1000 4 жыл бұрын
Mission trips bring clothes for the people. No telling what ad you might see.
@xx3astmanxx928
@xx3astmanxx928 4 жыл бұрын
Word is he buys his tackle there as well but idk he looks like more of a Walmart type of guy 😂
@carbondated21
@carbondated21 4 жыл бұрын
We are literally watching africa being striped of its resources. Again.
@Blubnuggetto23
@Blubnuggetto23 4 жыл бұрын
It isnt really a resource if they dont have the knowledge or skill to leverage it in any way...
@Blubnuggetto23
@Blubnuggetto23 4 жыл бұрын
By "it" i mean the genetic material since that is all they took. They leverage the buds I bet.
@carbondated21
@carbondated21 4 жыл бұрын
Sean Schumann cant agree with that rationale, because if it werent a resource, why are these dudes going to get it. Also, if thats the case, why cant the natives get some stock in the financial gains, or educated to what is in there backyard or at bare minimum, paid more than $50
@myfoodishere
@myfoodishere 4 жыл бұрын
@@carbondated21 they cant benefit from it financially anyway since it is illegal in africa
@andi2658
@andi2658 4 жыл бұрын
@@carbondated21 under what basis are you assuming as if they rob them? they're there with permission to do so, they held an expedition to search for it, whether he finds them or not they will still have to pay the expedition also, let me add that the so called 'millions' are made by them, to their most likely western customers. 'stripped of its resources'? yeah without their selling with western customers there won't be that 'millions' you're whining about
@johnispurple
@johnispurple 9 ай бұрын
that Franco guy is really passionate
@adityapratapsingh3174
@adityapratapsingh3174 4 ай бұрын
Was not prepared for the ending . RIP 🙏
@otc_bethinator1674
@otc_bethinator1674 4 жыл бұрын
dudes are millionaires and they can’t give dude like a couple grand or something lol like come on help a dude out
@kushandcars2429
@kushandcars2429 4 жыл бұрын
Otc_bethinator you’re acting like the tribes and villages owned the plants
@isaacmiller3157
@isaacmiller3157 4 жыл бұрын
BorEDark how didn’t they?? Lmao like honestly how ignorant can one person be.
@stanleyjolibois1897
@stanleyjolibois1897 4 жыл бұрын
@@kushandcars2429 they help the motherfucker get to the plants!
@lutze5086
@lutze5086 4 жыл бұрын
@@isaacmiller3157 $53 more than they had yesterday, $53 more than they will ever get for no work ever again
@drip_soup804
@drip_soup804 4 жыл бұрын
He’s not running a fucking charity at least he cared enough to give them something. Since he really didn’t have to give them shit.
@coolkid-cp7dq
@coolkid-cp7dq 3 жыл бұрын
its too bad the congolese people will make nothing off this. this would be great for their struggling economy.
@trillrifaxegrindor4411
@trillrifaxegrindor4411 3 жыл бұрын
hypothetical profit doesn't keep the fucking lights on,does it?
@chris-cu2vi
@chris-cu2vi 3 жыл бұрын
Strain hunters has raised over half a million dollars for developing roads, agriculture, and low-cost medicine in Congo, as well as homes in India, orphanages in Kenya, etc.
@DailyStoicTrader
@DailyStoicTrader 3 жыл бұрын
@@chris-cu2vi half a million dollars when the total profit they get from the plants goes billions
@chris-cu2vi
@chris-cu2vi 3 жыл бұрын
@@DailyStoicTrader The biggest cannabis companies in the world hardly break $100m in annual revenue, he probably meant the industry as a whole. And revenue doesn't include how much the company spends. Netflix makes over $10 billion in revenue, but spends much more than that on its shows that the company is billions in debt.
@kanorcubes329
@kanorcubes329 3 жыл бұрын
@@DailyStoicTrader they literally just took plants from that shithole, they don't have to give a single penny after compensating the tour guides and the chiefs for leading them in their land.
@cmmnsenserules4339
@cmmnsenserules4339 4 ай бұрын
This is the only contribution to life Vice hss ever given.
@lancilthereal711
@lancilthereal711 2 жыл бұрын
Love for Franco ❣️ Your words will always remind us of who you were here "Strain hunting to make sure that the rest of the planet will also benefit the way they do" peace ☮️✌️
@meleaayers237
@meleaayers237 2 жыл бұрын
That’s a cover for what he’s actually doing. He was trying to make it look good but it really is not.
@shesimplyuneek
@shesimplyuneek Жыл бұрын
Entitlement at it's finest
@lancilthereal711
@lancilthereal711 Жыл бұрын
@@meleaayers237shady but can't say so, atleast now we do get the strain from another place too
@tufab3494
@tufab3494 10 ай бұрын
​​@@lancilthereal711i'll translate what Franco really said for you: "we are exploiting Africa just like our european ancestors before us"
@derajseveer6813
@derajseveer6813 4 жыл бұрын
The dude got cursed when broke the saliva pact and took the seeds
@Achilles_696
@Achilles_696 4 жыл бұрын
true
@ourtime2440
@ourtime2440 3 жыл бұрын
When the lady shaved hair from his underarms.... she put that voodoo on that ass
@elemations6292
@elemations6292 3 жыл бұрын
@@ourtime2440 nah Congolese don’t practice voodoo they call that sum ancestry shi
@DavidTaylor-qd3wn
@DavidTaylor-qd3wn 3 жыл бұрын
That Chief didn't give him seeds.. he lied to get $100 actually. He said it was a mature field and it wasn't.
@malig179
@malig179 3 жыл бұрын
blursed comment
@ikennao5299
@ikennao5299 4 жыл бұрын
“Do they get some percentage of those profits ??“. “Ermmm ..No” LMAOO at least he was honest
@guitarpro248
@guitarpro248 4 жыл бұрын
Guys a prick, couldn't even build them a well or give them medical care or just something other than 50 dollars, I won't speak on a Deadman but his partner is also extremely greedy, so karma makes it full circle
@topnotchvids5832
@topnotchvids5832 4 жыл бұрын
^ That part
@Jake-iy8lf
@Jake-iy8lf 4 жыл бұрын
@@guitarpro248 This is literally every big business.. 100 US Dollars is a lot for them. It isnt their job to give them medical care or anything, they are fine on their own.
@greenfum8724
@greenfum8724 4 жыл бұрын
And the ending is Karma
@nicksizemore6914
@nicksizemore6914 4 жыл бұрын
@@greenfum8724 lol coming from the guy who probably has done nothing of any note in their life and never will
@crypto_que
@crypto_que 5 ай бұрын
Rest in Peace Franco! A REAL ONE!
@justinsalazar9070
@justinsalazar9070 Жыл бұрын
Sad homeboy died ........ his legacy will live on though what a huge stepping stone for mankind
@kleindirndlfein
@kleindirndlfein 4 жыл бұрын
"We're gonna make billions off of these!", 20 seconds later "Here, have 50 bucks for your plants." CAPITALISM, HO!
@andrwwbanks9041
@andrwwbanks9041 4 жыл бұрын
Rs
@nerbyoso122
@nerbyoso122 4 жыл бұрын
If you do not know how to make money, just stfu
@19912010luis
@19912010luis 4 жыл бұрын
Yep this is called biopirating, stealing the treasures of other people
@Savage-Recluse-Gaming
@Savage-Recluse-Gaming 4 жыл бұрын
@@nerbyoso122 Some people don't want your money. After all, it didn't help Franco survive, and they certainly knew how to make money. ;)
@congluong463
@congluong463 4 жыл бұрын
@@19912010luis in this situation, the canabis is just the stuff these locals use to get high. And the guys in the video use its high percentage of THCV to create medicines that could save millions of lives from diabetes and other diseases. Also, you deserve to be paid back for all the hard work, all the sweat, tears and blood you put in.
@Kennnny77
@Kennnny77 6 жыл бұрын
Talks about the billions they will make...then offers the village just $50? Smh
@m74bg64
@m74bg64 6 жыл бұрын
It’s a lot of money to them, why offer more when they can get stuff done for as little as possible? Less you pay the more profit you make
@brucetaylor4457
@brucetaylor4457 6 жыл бұрын
M74 BG because you have morals and care about other people. That’s why.
@matt4240
@matt4240 6 жыл бұрын
that's a lot of money in DRC. they're not doing anything destructive to the environment or culture. they sought permission from an elder and respected the price asked. no ethical issue here.
@matt4240
@matt4240 6 жыл бұрын
if you owned land and some men come to your door asking to explore and collect samples of vegetation for $100, would you let them? i would.
@m74bg64
@m74bg64 6 жыл бұрын
Bruce Taylor right? 53 dollars (ended up 100) gets you a lot more there than what it would in America.. if you’re buying a pair of shoes and someone says make an offer and you know he’ll accept 100, are you going to offer 500? No of course not because the less you spend the more you make
@gmen446
@gmen446 14 сағат бұрын
And a big thank you to the sacrifice Franco made
@johnnyrebel1922
@johnnyrebel1922 6 жыл бұрын
Did i just see a Rasta miget
@donnout
@donnout 6 жыл бұрын
Johnny Rebel 😂😂😂yes you did, I had to play that back like twice to make sure. Lit little fucker. I think I may blow a lil something in the air too, just for the homie 🤙✌️😚👌😚💨
@onedontv8690
@onedontv8690 5 жыл бұрын
SensiRippah420 he probably can literally fly when he’s high😂😂
@blotto85
@blotto85 5 жыл бұрын
Thats how you know the weed is good, it temporarily shrinks you to size of a midget
@yungwitch9325
@yungwitch9325 5 жыл бұрын
Johnny Rebel lol I was wondering why his head looked so big
@rjb9999
@rjb9999 5 жыл бұрын
Rastout
@SpaceMonk33
@SpaceMonk33 5 жыл бұрын
7:03 when you're at round 12 at cod zombies
@Mo-uf3mv
@Mo-uf3mv 5 жыл бұрын
Rèmy Strandberg 😂😂😂😂😂
@dFlood_
@dFlood_ 5 жыл бұрын
im dead lmaooo
@NitroGinger
@NitroGinger 5 жыл бұрын
😂😂
@okaysoph
@okaysoph 5 жыл бұрын
lmaooooo
@dylanford9929
@dylanford9929 5 жыл бұрын
😂😂
@markbalogh9655
@markbalogh9655 5 ай бұрын
what is the name of these Landrace strain hunters company and website? Where would you purchase these landrace seeds???
@NeuraliX
@NeuraliX 6 ай бұрын
This is awesome, i really love how weed truly is a miracle plant
@Ellie-jw3mr
@Ellie-jw3mr 5 жыл бұрын
"the medical industry has done this for a hundred years, we're doing the exact same thing". Well, not helping your case...
@jesussolis363
@jesussolis363 4 жыл бұрын
i don't think they were trying they are just saying they doing what others did to make money. they haven't showed anything much remorse but for making money by finding these chemicals
@michaelsandoval7608
@michaelsandoval7608 4 жыл бұрын
I can’t believe that anorexic weirdo made that dude carry him on his back.
@Sean-gq6vj
@Sean-gq6vj 4 жыл бұрын
Michael Sandoval this vid is full of exploitative bullshit. $50 for a guide to a million maybe billion dollar crop?
@lane546
@lane546 4 жыл бұрын
Tf man he died
@austinsahagun9217
@austinsahagun9217 4 жыл бұрын
Michael Sandoval 💀😂😂😂😂
@KittenKat1313
@KittenKat1313 4 жыл бұрын
Lane he wasn’t referring to the man who passed away, he was referring the the Vice reporter who wore the white shirt and has round glasses.
@farhadnejjad9947
@farhadnejjad9947 4 жыл бұрын
Sean No, this is real, AND you may see it as $50 but, in DRC the amount the white dude paid him was enough to last the whole village for months.
@TechTyler88
@TechTyler88 Жыл бұрын
I wasn't ready for that ending
@johnmccrossin6035
@johnmccrossin6035 6 ай бұрын
My man in the beginning next to white baw is lit 🔥😂
@kai-ye4gz
@kai-ye4gz 4 жыл бұрын
homie pathetic for making that kid carry him 😂😂
@asianzeusecannon5880
@asianzeusecannon5880 4 жыл бұрын
Yaa he probably gave him a joint n a buck for that work
@rohansharmaofficial8522
@rohansharmaofficial8522 4 жыл бұрын
Announcement mjññ
@ToBeSchooled
@ToBeSchooled 4 жыл бұрын
homie looked very sick during his travels. he kept getting paler and paler. I doubt he would have survived making it through the mud.
@NWB3175
@NWB3175 3 жыл бұрын
I know right. How can someone be so pathetic that they need another person to carry them across some shallow muddy water? It's not like he is feeble or handicapped.
@CrazeeFy
@CrazeeFy 3 жыл бұрын
Nothing wrong in needing help. That guy was terribly out of shape tho
@thedreamer4567
@thedreamer4567 5 жыл бұрын
When you thought slavery has ended then you see an grown ass man being carried by a child😕
@leburrito680
@leburrito680 5 жыл бұрын
Losing brain cells looking at your comment 🤦‍♂️ praying for you bro 🙏😕
@thedreamer4567
@thedreamer4567 5 жыл бұрын
Don't bother Jerusalem is here in Africa so I'll be the one praying for you
@TheValleygirl1981
@TheValleygirl1981 4 жыл бұрын
That scrawny whinny little puke is not a man!!!
@MrRobboski
@MrRobboski 4 жыл бұрын
@family guy where is the middle east located? In Africa!
@williambarringer6513
@williambarringer6513 9 ай бұрын
Hamilton riding on the back of that bike is too funny
@matcauthon876
@matcauthon876 Жыл бұрын
My favourite seeds company since I saw their Himalaya gold adventure))))
@CaptainProspect007
@CaptainProspect007 4 жыл бұрын
Lol. Paying a few hundred dollars to the village chiefs to flip it for billions.
@fyedupshawty
@fyedupshawty 4 жыл бұрын
yea pretty terrible “that’s how the business works” *flashes to them all jumping off a yacht in costa rica*
@reborn9110
@reborn9110 4 жыл бұрын
Ehh a deal is a deal right.
@WildWeedsNursery
@WildWeedsNursery 4 жыл бұрын
I mean these villagers would have very little feasible chance of making the millions because it's not just about selling the seeds. The strainhunters have created a company, networked, put in the time and effort to grow these strains and breed them in a way that strengthens the genetics. The villagers agreed to show them these plants after being paid, and the strainhunters spent days endlessly hiking, struggling, risking their lives to find these seeds. The strainhunters didnt lie to them about their intentions, they were open about what they were seeking and why. They earned their millions before, during, and after the trip. I'll admit they could have done better understanding and explaining why they weren't in the wrong here, which tells me they didn't give it heavy enough initial thought. Would donating a portion of the bounty to the village/s be a nice thing to do? Absolutely. Are they obligated to in any way? No, I don't believe so.
@aavash123
@aavash123 4 жыл бұрын
but do you the villagers could make billions as well them. they cant even if they died trying. The villagers sold it, they paid whatever was needed. Villagers could have asked for thousands of dollars.
@ZeniumPlayz
@ZeniumPlayz 4 жыл бұрын
itsShowtime007 more than double profit good shit
@thenotoriousreh5477
@thenotoriousreh5477 5 жыл бұрын
8:18... wtf
@graveytrain5113
@graveytrain5113 5 жыл бұрын
$$$$
@michaelkng1
@michaelkng1 5 жыл бұрын
xxD
@samb.6749
@samb.6749 5 жыл бұрын
The Notorious Reh This vice channel is wack man
@rontan8433
@rontan8433 5 жыл бұрын
That's to avoid getting his mangina wet! 🤣
@1xrxaxrxex174
@1xrxaxrxex174 5 жыл бұрын
that is very gæ
@XOXO-mb2vh
@XOXO-mb2vh 3 ай бұрын
Ill just go down to the store. Only man puts names on everything.
@leomduffy794
@leomduffy794 Жыл бұрын
Durban poison is a classic sativa strain first discovered in Africa. Lots of the best most classic strains are found in Africa.
@billygauthier9512
@billygauthier9512 2 жыл бұрын
I can't believe how little of money they gave to the villagers! Honest people never take advantage of others on purpose. These men are not honest!
@WillF1980
@WillF1980 2 жыл бұрын
Little money?!? 10USD is equal to like 6 months worth of working for them. How much money do you think they should have been given (btw 10$ was just a example)
@airvent6199
@airvent6199 2 жыл бұрын
@@WillF1980 That's actually completely incorrect. On average it would take a bare minimum of thirty or fourty thousand congolese francs to feed a family for a day, and that's not counting rent or water. 10USD only adds up to about 19984 francs...if they really cared about these people they'd be bringing briefcases filled with money. It costs roughly 1816665 congolese francs, or about 909USD to live homeless for 1 month.
@jrambo7495
@jrambo7495 2 жыл бұрын
@@airvent6199 facts!
@kxp.1496
@kxp.1496 2 жыл бұрын
@@TeamFortressTwoGaming they should have given them 2500$ at least These people are greedy and will reap what they sow cause they absolutely took advantage of the village
@QalAdventures
@QalAdventures 2 жыл бұрын
Bro 53$ to them is the equivalent of around 2-3 years of work for us. Upfront like that. Untaxed. Npc take
@eukelarTV
@eukelarTV 2 жыл бұрын
I was totally with the guy u till he asked him "if you make millions of dollars off of this do they see any of it" and then he sat for a second smiled and laughed and said "no"
@highonlife2323
@highonlife2323 2 жыл бұрын
if you find oil in your backyard and show the government, are they gonna give you a share of the profits? No? Why not? You found it? You deserve it, don't you?
@esmokebaby
@esmokebaby 2 жыл бұрын
@@highonlife2323 yea but sence you have to pay property tax it technically is their land your just renting it to have your house on it if you think about it cause you miss tax payments they take your property
@isjdnlkaauuenmkcs6479
@isjdnlkaauuenmkcs6479 2 жыл бұрын
@@highonlife2323 u just proved why that's wrong
@highonlife2323
@highonlife2323 2 жыл бұрын
@@esmokebaby land of the free my friend
@highonlife2323
@highonlife2323 2 жыл бұрын
​@@isjdnlkaauuenmkcs6479 listen: to make oil usable in an engine, you have to refine it. there's a process. a long, calculated process which takes a lot of advanced technology, a lot of educated individuals, and a lot of money. the oil you find in the ground is not the same product you fill your car up with. same thing with these African people who just happen to have the weed. the seeds those europeans take are gonna create a whole new product, a whole new plant, modified by all the smart people and advanced equipment. in the end, its not gonna be the same product. and yet there's people acting like the tribes deserve a part in the profits. but what if they did? what if the tribes people are given a cut of the profits? what percentage should we give them? lets say 2% of all profits because they helped them find the weed. 2% of $1 billion is $20,000,000. What in gods name would the tribes people do with 20 million dollars? too much? okay, I'll lower the total profits to $10 million, and that's lowballing it. 2% of $10 million is $200,000 US. $200,000 US dollars = 399,400,000 Congolese Francs. The average yearly income a person makes in the DRC is a little over 1,500,000 Congolese Francs. I did the research. THATS A LOT OF MONEY...The tribes people would go crazy with that amount of money. they would endanger themselves. people would come to rob them. who knows. all in all, I think the exchange is quite fair.
@AMP2Short
@AMP2Short Жыл бұрын
That’s the best reward after a long trip
@user-co4iu5go9x
@user-co4iu5go9x 2 ай бұрын
COMMING TO THE FIRST AREA LOOKING AT FRANCO LOL😂😂❤❤
@beengone9276
@beengone9276 4 жыл бұрын
I know we are being watched but this just confirmed it even more, i just started smoking again and all of a sudden this is my KZfaq recommendation. Smh
@kristheuchiha1438
@kristheuchiha1438 4 жыл бұрын
Been Gone At least your woke, it’s called the “big brother” conspiracy, Facebook started it
@halareis
@halareis 4 жыл бұрын
damn, I hadn´t realized this shit, I´m exactly in the same situation wtf haha
@beengone9276
@beengone9276 4 жыл бұрын
We're doomed
@eliharrison7847
@eliharrison7847 4 жыл бұрын
They're always listening to that mic, I'm starting to know when something will be in my recommended based off of my conversations...
@joshuarodriguez2439
@joshuarodriguez2439 4 жыл бұрын
Same😂
@thepeach12345
@thepeach12345 4 жыл бұрын
"says hes gonna make millions or billions of this strain and yet gives the owner of the tribe 100 dollars to show him the way........"
@nickramey7450
@nickramey7450 4 жыл бұрын
Wich as u seen was 100,000 dollars in their currency... O and btw he was the leader the chief of the tribe not the " owner"
@almost1889
@almost1889 4 жыл бұрын
@@nickramey7450 so a million to them would be a billion
@jaysonpartl1435
@jaysonpartl1435 4 жыл бұрын
Nick you do understand that 100000 in their currency isnt like being able to buy what you could with 100000 in USD... not even close. 100 US is around 10k in Japanese yen... doesn't mean I could take 400 dollars US over there and buy a 40k dollar car...
@almost1889
@almost1889 4 жыл бұрын
Imagine having a small farm worth a billion dollars ( africa since their currency is poor in this videos time )
@nickramey7450
@nickramey7450 4 жыл бұрын
@@jaysonpartl1435 you do under stand when he buys something he not paying us prices right.. He got 100000 in his currency.vhes a rich man in his country. Unless its 50000 dollars for a shirt their wich it isnt. And when you travel to another country if u trade the money you brought with you to the currency of the country your visiting you can buy something that expensive..
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