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Exclusive: An Ex-UN Officer Reveals His Secret Double Life of Cocaine Addiction

After using five grams a day while stationed in South America, the UN insider believes legalization will help bring an end to violent organized crime in the region.

By Adam Christopher Smith

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UN worker was snorting five grams a day

He witnessed “Sicario-like executions” and bought regularly from armed teenagers

He used the drug on a Colombian Army base, among other locations

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A former United Nations officer has revealed how he became heavily addicted to cocaine while working in South America—even attending a meeting about drug trafficking while high. 

Speaking exclusively to VICE, the UN worker lived a secret double life during his time with the global organization, rubbing shoulders with both government ministers and armed teenage drug dealers in Ecuador, Colombia, and Brazil.

While he was working to advance the UN’s mission of “peace, dignity, and equality on a healthy planet,” the young graduate was also snorting up to five grams of the drug per day, leaving him with a hole in his septum the size of a coin.

“I’m still haunted by the times I copped from them”

“I’m still haunted by the times I copped from them”

After losing his security clearance following a cocaine-induced psychotic break, he’s spent years in and out of rehab but is currently four months “clean.” He’s now........

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