The World’s First Cocaine Bar: Route 36
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VICE host Zach Shucklin goes in search of Route 36, the world’s only known ‘cocaine bar.’ Located in the mountains outside of the Bolivian capital La Paz, the notorious lounge bar promises high purity coke by the gram—served up on a silver platter, along with a delicious cocktail of the patron’s choice.
Is there different strains of the plant? Like cannabis?
Along the way, Shucklin learns about the rich history of coca farming in Bolivia, and meets a local witch doctor—or ‘yatiri’—to explore the leaf’s cultural uses.
Route 36, which is open only to tourists, moves premises regularly to evade the local authorities. That said, its existence seems to be an open secret in La Paz, which leads you to suspect that, for it to remain in business, there may be an element of corruption at play.
this guy is weird
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this reporter needs sacking.. bloody hard watch
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I love how even in the edit they called him the Route 66 owner 😂how can you get that basic thing right
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It’s like you send the kid who was a complete loser at school to his first holiday.
I’ve been to route 36 and it’s nothing special
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This kid is a numb nut...
More User Perspectives
the way this reporter speaks, the intonation and articulation, is literally why i cannot watch this video.
@doc-illaSANTO SANTO WHAT A JOKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@erikvanevery3135This clown is a like a homeshooled journalism dropout. Would have been good content without his unskilled mouth diarrhea
@Johnny_naturePretty sure every bar I go to is a cocaine bar
@112233jjooeeThis guy is definitely the type of reporter to get himself kidnapped. Just screams gullible.
@thepaintrain_wow amazing 🎉🎉🎉🎉
@bintang_barraBros all gakked out messin w his mouth haha "lmao sorryyy I'm white don't kill me"
@kmski1Boring thumbs down
@jrhr4925Common bolivian don't blame the land for not producing other crops but coca.
@edmundmawlong9116Cocoa plaaaaannts. Jesus this guy sucks
@Dan-ChrssyIf it's pure, those are some big lines!!!!!
@RyanElkaakati-h8vin the book 'Meet me in the Bathroom,' musicians mention a long-disappeared yet legendary dive bar in Williamsburg BK called "Cokies" where there were private booths with curtains and tables for patrons to toot up in peace!
@PhaseLockedLoopThe comments are rough but i agree Vice chose the worst reporter they could have for this one.
@GVE385less than a minute in and i'm thinking, "i would be unable to not make fun of this guy if we were in the same room."
@RobertDooshThe host looks like a white Taji Ameen.
@UMAMIMAMU16:06 is when they show the cocaine bar
@cattlecooker95311:05 he bullshii ed yall so much😂😂😂😂
@Brokeboitoydo u get high from the natural leaf?
what chemical do they mix it with that makes it so addictive
Giving off sh1tty influencer vibes
@handsome_man69I want to go there
@ronnievienna3269Wings of hysteria boom chitty tar
@abraxaspraxisThe gringo trail :D
LMFAO
Lol this is barely journalism
@flyingfaceThis guys sucks
@zechs5079I don’t like this guy. Where’s Hamilton.
@DatOneGuyOnUTUBEDont like him
@timolos7526He definitely did a few lines
@jimmydub7595World's first I think not lmao
@sampetryszak6813"what's your name?" "Zach". Of course it is."
@Chinthne03"Put the fries in the bag josh!!" If you know, you know...
@karlsmith2339this is cute! Literally any western city with more than 500 K people has some kind of afterhours bar where you can openly buy coke lol not saying that I have experience, just saying
@trashmajikDetroit’s got a cocaine bar. You don’t have to go that far haha. They got nitrous on the menu and all types of things. It’s right around the corner from the Renaissance Hotel.
@kylemark5808I agree with everybody. This guy is the worst first off when you chew coca leaves you need an activator, yipta.
@jonanthony6364This report is so insufferable 😩
@TheyCallMeCrisspyFire whoever does the hiring at VICE already! No wonder this channel has been going downhill each year. smh
@spillvilleThis guy just screams liberal hipster
@OGZ-DUB757Put the fries in the bag
@leepic1735Fancy crack houses 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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