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VICE • Krishna travels to Congo to meet the mbuti pygmies, female dealers, and farmers in rebel territories who all smoke and sell weed as a way of eking out a living. This episode of Weediquette first aired on VICE TV in 2016. Click here to subscribe to VICE: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE About VICE: The Definitive Guide To Enlightening Information. From every corner of the planet, our immersive, caustic, ground-breaking and often bizarre stories have changed the way people think about culture, crime, art, parties, fashion, protest, the internet and other subjects that don't even have names yet. Browse the growing library and discover corners of the world you never knew existed. Welcome to VICE. Connect with VICE: Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/VICE-Videos Videos, daily editorial and more: http://vice.com More videos from the VICE network: https://www.fb.com/vicevideo Click here to get the best of VICE daily: http://bit.ly/1SquZ6v Like VICE on Facebook: http://fb.com/vice Follow VICE on Twitter: http://twitter.com/vice Follow us on Instagram: http://instagram.com/vice Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@vice?lang=en The VICE YouTube Network: VICE: https://www.youtube.com/VICE MUNCHIES: https://www.youtube.com/MUNCHIES VICE News: https://www.youtube.com/VICENews VICE TV: https://www.youtube.com/@VICE-TV/featured VICE Life: https://www.youtube.com/Broadly Noisey: https://www.youtube.com/Noisey Motherboard: https://www.youtube.com/MotherboardTV VICE Sports: https://www.youtube.com/NOC Waypoint: https://www.youtube.com/WaypointVICE
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1. Identifying High-Value Survival Markets
2. Personalized Networks and Social Resilience
3. Governance Gaps and Unconventional Alliances
Knowledge Snap
Intelligence Strategy 1: Mapping Local Economic Drivers
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Militias focus on mining rare minerals while leaving the abundant marijuana plants to the common people.
01:54 - 03:54
Marijuana has become a vital cash crop for common people because it is worth more than vegetables.
15:54 - 17:54
Endless wars over mineral resources have devastated the local economy and left many people jobless.
Intelligence Strategy 2: Personalized Distribution Networks
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A mother of ten children runs a niche business selling marijuana to ease her community's pain.
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Local sellers confirm that even soldiers visit their alleyways to purchase marijuana products.
22:37 - 24:37
A resourceful mother creates a safe space in alleyways for community members to escape their distressing lives.
Intelligence Strategy 3: Navigating Governance and Ethics
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Large territories in the Congo are run by rebel groups instead of the official government.
29:12 - 31:12
The FDLR has aggressively controlled areas rich in gold and coltan for over twenty years.
34:22 - 36:22
Rebel groups support local trade by keeping roads passable and offering protection to the region.
Intelligence Strategy 4: Analytics of Traditional Knowledge
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Pygmies rely on marijuana, known locally as bangi, as a key tool for their continued survival.
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Pygmy ancestors used marijuana tea to effectively treat diarrhea and combat dangerous parasitic worm infections.
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Denied forest resources, pygmies have turned to their ancestral medicine as a new source of income.
Intelligence Strategy 5: Solution Frameworks for Income
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Many government soldiers are involved in selling marijuana as a way to earn extra money.
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A military police officer explains he has been selling marijuana for ten years to survive.
40:58 - 42:14
Farmers forge unexpected ties with the government army by selling crops across battle lines.
Intelligence Strategy 6: Client Demands for Social Dignity
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A father describes his children as his future and the reason he works to provide.
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Farmers in the Masisi region grow marijuana under the control of rebel groups to survive.
40:52 - 42:14
Local farmers emphasize that their trade is about living with dignity and providing for needs.
Strategic Analysis: The Informal Marijuana Economy Arc
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Initial Market Assessment
00:05 - 02:05
Exploration of how marginalized populations turn to informal trades for basic survival in urban centers.
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Ancestral Survival Techniques
02:30 - 04:30
Identification of traditional methods used by nomadic groups to adapt to modern settlement challenges.
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Traditional Medicinal Intelligence
12:23 - 14:23
Analysis of ancestral knowledge as a foundational tool for treating illness in resource-scarce environments.
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Community Pain Mitigation
19:44 - 21:44
Mapping how specific products are used to alleviate psychological and physical distress within broken societies.
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Institutional Supplementation
23:36 - 25:36
Assessment of why state actors participate in informal markets to supplement insufficient official compensation.
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Historical Roots of Conflict
27:52 - 29:52
Identifying the origins of militia groups and their impact on long-term regional stability and governance.
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Coexistence and Tactical Diplomacy
22:59 - 24:59
Evaluating the complex relationships between opposing armed groups within shared economic territories.
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Field Engagement Strategies
30:04 - 32:04
Establishing frameworks for negotiating access and safety with local leaders in high-risk environments.
Learning Pathway for Strategic Content Analysis in Fragile Markets
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1. Asset Value and Commodity Intelligence | ongo to meet the mbuti pygmies, female dealers, and farmers in rebel territories who all smoke and sell weed as a way of eking out a living. This episode of Weediquette first aired on VICE TV in 2016. Click here to subscribe to VICE: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE About VICE: The Definitive Guide To Enlightening Information. From every corner of the planet, our immersive, caustic, ground-breaking and often bizarre stories have changed the way people think about culture, crime, art, parties, fashion, protest, the internet and other subjects that don't even have names yet. Browse the growing library and discover corners of the world you never knew existed. Welcome to VICE. Connect with VICE: Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/VICE-Videos Videos, daily editorial and more: http://vice.com More videos from the VICE network: https://www.fb.com/vicevideo Click here to get the best of VICE daily: http://bit.ly/1SquZ6v Like VICE on Facebook: http://fb.com/vice Follow VICE on Twitter: http://twitter.com/vice Follow us on Instagram: http://instagram.com/vice Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@vice?lang=en The VICE YouTube Network: VICE: https://www.youtube.com/VICE MUNCHIES: https://www.youtube.com/MUNCHIES VICE News: https://www.youtube.com/VICENews VICE TV: https://www.youtube.com/@VICE-TV/featured VICE Life: https://www.youtube.com/Broadly Noisey: https://www.youtube.com/Noisey Motherboard: https://www.youtube.com/MotherboardTV VICE Sports: https://www.youtube.com/NOC Waypoint: https://www.youtube.com/WaypointVICE |
2. Assessing Population Vulnerability | ongo to meet the mbuti pygmies, female dealers, and farmers in rebel territories who all smoke and sell weed as a way of eking out a living. This episode of Weediquette first aired on VICE TV in 2016. Click here to subscribe to VICE: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE About VICE: The Definitive Guide To Enlightening Information. From every corner of the planet, our immersive, caustic, ground-breaking and often bizarre stories have changed the way people think about culture, crime, art, parties, fashion, protest, the internet and other subjects that don't even have names yet. Browse the growing library and discover corners of the world you never knew existed. Welcome to VICE. Connect with VICE: Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/VICE-Videos Videos, daily editorial and more: http://vice.com More videos from the VICE network: https://www.fb.com/vicevideo Click here to get the best of VICE daily: http://bit.ly/1SquZ6v Like VICE on Facebook: http://fb.com/vice Follow VICE on Twitter: http://twitter.com/vice Follow us on Instagram: http://instagram.com/vice Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@vice?lang=en The VICE YouTube Network: VICE: https://www.youtube.com/VICE MUNCHIES: https://www.youtube.com/MUNCHIES VICE News: https://www.youtube.com/VICENews VICE TV: https://www.youtube.com/@VICE-TV/featured VICE Life: https://www.youtube.com/Broadly Noisey: https://www.youtube.com/Noisey Motherboard: https://www.youtube.com/MotherboardTV VICE Sports: https://www.youtube.com/NOC Waypoint: https://www.youtube.com/WaypointVICE |
3. Social Enterprise and Community Empowerment | ongo to meet the mbuti pygmies, female dealers, and farmers in rebel territories who all smoke and sell weed as a way of eking out a living. This episode of Weediquette first aired on VICE TV in 2016. Click here to subscribe to VICE: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE About VICE: The Definitive Guide To Enlightening Information. From every corner of the planet, our immersive, caustic, ground-breaking and often bizarre stories have changed the way people think about culture, crime, art, parties, fashion, protest, the internet and other subjects that don't even have names yet. Browse the growing library and discover corners of the world you never knew existed. Welcome to VICE. Connect with VICE: Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/VICE-Videos Videos, daily editorial and more: http://vice.com More videos from the VICE network: https://www.fb.com/vicevideo Click here to get the best of VICE daily: http://bit.ly/1SquZ6v Like VICE on Facebook: http://fb.com/vice Follow VICE on Twitter: http://twitter.com/vice Follow us on Instagram: http://instagram.com/vice Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@vice?lang=en The VICE YouTube Network: VICE: https://www.youtube.com/VICE MUNCHIES: https://www.youtube.com/MUNCHIES VICE News: https://www.youtube.com/VICENews VICE TV: https://www.youtube.com/@VICE-TV/featured VICE Life: https://www.youtube.com/Broadly Noisey: https://www.youtube.com/Noisey Motherboard: https://www.youtube.com/MotherboardTV VICE Sports: https://www.youtube.com/NOC Waypoint: https://www.youtube.com/WaypointVICE |
4. Advisory on Alternative Livelihoods | ongo to meet the mbuti pygmies, female dealers, and farmers in rebel territories who all smoke and sell weed as a way of eking out a living. This episode of Weediquette first aired on VICE TV in 2016. Click here to subscribe to VICE: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE About VICE: The Definitive Guide To Enlightening Information. From every corner of the planet, our immersive, caustic, ground-breaking and often bizarre stories have changed the way people think about culture, crime, art, parties, fashion, protest, the internet and other subjects that don't even have names yet. Browse the growing library and discover corners of the world you never knew existed. Welcome to VICE. Connect with VICE: Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/VICE-Videos Videos, daily editorial and more: http://vice.com More videos from the VICE network: https://www.fb.com/vicevideo Click here to get the best of VICE daily: http://bit.ly/1SquZ6v Like VICE on Facebook: http://fb.com/vice Follow VICE on Twitter: http://twitter.com/vice Follow us on Instagram: http://instagram.com/vice Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@vice?lang=en The VICE YouTube Network: VICE: https://www.youtube.com/VICE MUNCHIES: https://www.youtube.com/MUNCHIES VICE News: https://www.youtube.com/VICENews VICE TV: https://www.youtube.com/@VICE-TV/featured VICE Life: https://www.youtube.com/Broadly Noisey: https://www.youtube.com/Noisey Motherboard: https://www.youtube.com/MotherboardTV VICE Sports: https://www.youtube.com/NOC Waypoint: https://www.youtube.com/WaypointVICE |
5. Institutional Risk and Fragility Mapping | ongo to meet the mbuti pygmies, female dealers, and farmers in rebel territories who all smoke and sell weed as a way of eking out a living. This episode of Weediquette first aired on VICE TV in 2016. Click here to subscribe to VICE: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE About VICE: The Definitive Guide To Enlightening Information. From every corner of the planet, our immersive, caustic, ground-breaking and often bizarre stories have changed the way people think about culture, crime, art, parties, fashion, protest, the internet and other subjects that don't even have names yet. Browse the growing library and discover corners of the world you never knew existed. Welcome to VICE. Connect with VICE: Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/VICE-Videos Videos, daily editorial and more: http://vice.com More videos from the VICE network: https://www.fb.com/vicevideo Click here to get the best of VICE daily: http://bit.ly/1SquZ6v Like VICE on Facebook: http://fb.com/vice Follow VICE on Twitter: http://twitter.com/vice Follow us on Instagram: http://instagram.com/vice Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@vice?lang=en The VICE YouTube Network: VICE: https://www.youtube.com/VICE MUNCHIES: https://www.youtube.com/MUNCHIES VICE News: https://www.youtube.com/VICENews VICE TV: https://www.youtube.com/@VICE-TV/featured VICE Life: https://www.youtube.com/Broadly Noisey: https://www.youtube.com/Noisey Motherboard: https://www.youtube.com/MotherboardTV VICE Sports: https://www.youtube.com/NOC Waypoint: https://www.youtube.com/WaypointVICE |
6. Analyzing Resource Governance in Hostile Zones | ongo to meet the mbuti pygmies, female dealers, and farmers in rebel territories who all smoke and sell weed as a way of eking out a living. This episode of Weediquette first aired on VICE TV in 2016. Click here to subscribe to VICE: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE About VICE: The Definitive Guide To Enlightening Information. From every corner of the planet, our immersive, caustic, ground-breaking and often bizarre stories have changed the way people think about culture, crime, art, parties, fashion, protest, the internet and other subjects that don't even have names yet. Browse the growing library and discover corners of the world you never knew existed. Welcome to VICE. Connect with VICE: Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/VICE-Videos Videos, daily editorial and more: http://vice.com More videos from the VICE network: https://www.fb.com/vicevideo Click here to get the best of VICE daily: http://bit.ly/1SquZ6v Like VICE on Facebook: http://fb.com/vice Follow VICE on Twitter: http://twitter.com/vice Follow us on Instagram: http://instagram.com/vice Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@vice?lang=en The VICE YouTube Network: VICE: https://www.youtube.com/VICE MUNCHIES: https://www.youtube.com/MUNCHIES VICE News: https://www.youtube.com/VICENews VICE TV: https://www.youtube.com/@VICE-TV/featured VICE Life: https://www.youtube.com/Broadly Noisey: https://www.youtube.com/Noisey Motherboard: https://www.youtube.com/MotherboardTV VICE Sports: https://www.youtube.com/NOC Waypoint: https://www.youtube.com/WaypointVICE |
7. Ethical Considerations and Stakeholder Assumptions | ongo to meet the mbuti pygmies, female dealers, and farmers in rebel territories who all smoke and sell weed as a way of eking out a living. This episode of Weediquette first aired on VICE TV in 2016. Click here to subscribe to VICE: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE About VICE: The Definitive Guide To Enlightening Information. From every corner of the planet, our immersive, caustic, ground-breaking and often bizarre stories have changed the way people think about culture, crime, art, parties, fashion, protest, the internet and other subjects that don't even have names yet. Browse the growing library and discover corners of the world you never knew existed. Welcome to VICE. Connect with VICE: Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/VICE-Videos Videos, daily editorial and more: http://vice.com More videos from the VICE network: https://www.fb.com/vicevideo Click here to get the best of VICE daily: http://bit.ly/1SquZ6v Like VICE on Facebook: http://fb.com/vice Follow VICE on Twitter: http://twitter.com/vice Follow us on Instagram: http://instagram.com/vice Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@vice?lang=en The VICE YouTube Network: VICE: https://www.youtube.com/VICE MUNCHIES: https://www.youtube.com/MUNCHIES VICE News: https://www.youtube.com/VICENews VICE TV: https://www.youtube.com/@VICE-TV/featured VICE Life: https://www.youtube.com/Broadly Noisey: https://www.youtube.com/Noisey Motherboard: https://www.youtube.com/MotherboardTV VICE Sports: https://www.youtube.com/NOC Waypoint: https://www.youtube.com/WaypointVICE |
8. Performance Measurement of Informal Harvesting | ongo to meet the mbuti pygmies, female dealers, and farmers in rebel territories who all smoke and sell weed as a way of eking out a living. This episode of Weediquette first aired on VICE TV in 2016. Click here to subscribe to VICE: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE About VICE: The Definitive Guide To Enlightening Information. From every corner of the planet, our immersive, caustic, ground-breaking and often bizarre stories have changed the way people think about culture, crime, art, parties, fashion, protest, the internet and other subjects that don't even have names yet. Browse the growing library and discover corners of the world you never knew existed. Welcome to VICE. Connect with VICE: Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/VICE-Videos Videos, daily editorial and more: http://vice.com More videos from the VICE network: https://www.fb.com/vicevideo Click here to get the best of VICE daily: http://bit.ly/1SquZ6v Like VICE on Facebook: http://fb.com/vice Follow VICE on Twitter: http://twitter.com/vice Follow us on Instagram: http://instagram.com/vice Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@vice?lang=en The VICE YouTube Network: VICE: https://www.youtube.com/VICE MUNCHIES: https://www.youtube.com/MUNCHIES VICE News: https://www.youtube.com/VICENews VICE TV: https://www.youtube.com/@VICE-TV/featured VICE Life: https://www.youtube.com/Broadly Noisey: https://www.youtube.com/Noisey Motherboard: https://www.youtube.com/MotherboardTV VICE Sports: https://www.youtube.com/NOC Waypoint: https://www.youtube.com/WaypointVICE |
Detailed Findings and Insights
1. Military Survival Incentives
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A soldier describes selling marijuana as a necessary means to get more money for his family.
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The army's inability to secure the country leads soldiers to participate in the local marijuana trade.
2. Derogatory Labeling and Identity
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Many in society still view certain groups as second-class citizens using potentially derogatory terminology.
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Vulnerable groups are shunned by society and left without land to cultivate their own food.
3. The Trillion Dollar Resource Gap
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Congo possesses untapped minerals worth trillions of dollars, exceeding the total GDP of America.
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The desire for rare earth minerals is cited as a root cause for the endless conflict.
4. Traditional Hunting Tactics for Survival
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Ancient survival methods are still used today by people making sharp sticks and traps.
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Fast growing crops for survival but Congo's ongoing War and the realities of modern society have forced.
5. Prevalence of Marijuana Consumption
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As night falls, more people are seen smoking joints than engaging in traditional cooking activities.
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The relationship between the local people and marijuana is described as unique and deeply fundamental.
6. Marijuana as a Social Bandage
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Marijuana acts as a bandage that holds people's lives together in a broken and war-torn society.
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Marijuana is described as a democratic natural resource that grows through the cracks of society.
