When 2000lbs of Cocaine Washed Up in a Small Town

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Portuguese here. Some "fun" stories from the time period: -It is said that there was so much coke that a few youths made the lines of their football field with it without knowing what it was.(real) -Some where using it as flour on their food.(debated) -Others were selling it in small plastic cups.(real) -Antonio was found in a town called "Achadinha" which means "found" in portuguese.(real)

By the way, Portugal decriminalized the use, purchase, and possession of all narcotic in 2000, taking a stance that was more concerned with public health than with issues of public order. In Portugal, drug-use is a medical issue and not a crime so there's safe drug use, counseling and free treatment. It's been mostly a success story as such it's puzzling why more countries aren't adopting this model.

These sorts of bizzarro stories are the reason I will keep supporting this channel.

This sounds like a morality tale you’d see on the Twilight Zone. What a tragic story of innocence lost.

For those wondering, Netflix just released a series about this case.

One of the things I love most about Rare Earth is how erratic the upload schedule is. Well go three months of radio silence, then a trip gets filming and bam, 5 videos in short order. But there’s no channel covering topics as simple and human, so the second I see a new upload I drop everything to watch it. Cheers on the awesome work Evan

When I was in uni I had a teacher tell this story. Aparently he was there for work and people there had more cocaine than what they knew what to do with. Acording to him, when you ordered a coffee they have you a side of cocaine with it for free. Anywho, I'm glad you told this story. While in uni I accidentally told this story to a friend of mine... Well she got massively insulted because apparently she was specifically from Rabo de Peixe.. Let's just say it got awekard real fast... turns out... I was right! and my teacher was right!! and there is no way she wouldn't have known it... XDD

Fun fact, while not as extreme, something like this has happened before (likely multiple times to be fair). Where I grew up a rum-runner ran aground in the 20’s one winter. The crew ‘vanished’ and everyone in town had at least one bottle.

Really glad to see the regular posts again. Always great content

After 5 years watching your videos, it's amazing to see you in my country. Welcome to Portugal! There is a lot of amazing stories here to tell to the world.

This reminds me of the plane full of weed that crashed in the mountains above Yosemite. Apparently the park workers had a great summer that year. Also the story of a barge full of hash that half sank in the Sacramento delta and many of the locals used it to buy their houses and finance new local business around the area. I even used to get some of that hash.

It drives me crazy how this one incident changed the whole island so negatively. The falling dominoes went from a yacht in trouble to the Cosa Nostra funneling drugs through an area that they never even considered before. I swear, every time I think there's hope for the human race, we end up running of a cliff again. It's very discouraging, but it's important that we know these things. Hopefully, at some point, we will learn from these mistakes. I'm not holding my breath but I'm not giving up either. P.S. Congratulations Kata! Gold in the triathlon is an amazing achievement. You can't hear me all the way from Alberta, but believe me I'm clapping very hard. Well Done You!😄

I'm so glad your back bro. I always look forward to the next video.

Seriously, I’ve spent the past two week watching all 149 episodes of Rare Earth and I’m dumbfounded by how well the whole series was/is. What an amazing perspective. Some episodes I had to gloss over, some episodes I couldn’t look away. I watched while I worked, I fell asleep watching in bed, some times had them on in the background while I drove. I looked forward to having a spare 9-12 minutes to watch an episode… now that I’m at the end, and I see how infrequently episodes come out now, I’m truly lost. Now what? How do I just go on watching … normal YouTube… 😩

as long as you post videos im going to watch them

Yes! I have been living in the Azores for 3 years and ever since I heard this story I thought that it was the perfect story for your channel. I hope you've enjoyed your stay in these beautiful islands

I had to comment about the last line of the closing screen. I had thought, several times during the video, that you were trying to teach people how to think for themselves. Thank you!:learning:

Appreciate the content flowing again!

There is a new netflix show that uses this event as the main plot. "Turn the Tide", it´s the second Portuguese netflix show!