"hundreds of thousands dead in Mexico... all this knife crime in london... revolves around young people competing for the black market profit in drugs, created by drug laws." pretty much sums up the problem with the war on drugs
Drug laws cause crime -Former drug smugglers Drug laws cause crime -Former drug addicts Drug laws cause crime -Former police officers Drug laws cause crime -Former organized crime Politicians: we really need to crack down on this marijooana
Reminds me of the fictionalized Hamsterdam experiment created by Commander Bunny Colvin in The Wire. Legalizing drugs was a shock to everyone but turned out to be very effective limiting it to certain zones in Baltimore.
Exactly! 100% not about the money. I was a runner back in the day, about to turn middleman and start having my own runners but things got dicey, when we went to Queens, NY to pick up a load. The dude we were picking up from was literally less then 100 yards away, when undercovers in unmarked cars/trucks swarmed them. We casually drove away and got the fck out of there. Never heard from the guy ever again, sold the rest of the X pills I had for dirt cheap, just to get out of the game. Once again, it wasn't about the money... it was all about feeling important, having the attention and overall, feeling quite fcking powerful.
Had a friend from college who ended up becoming a middleman for a Mexican cartel doing business with the Chinese for fentanyl ingredients. The guy was quite a genius and a polyglot, which made him a valuable piece in the drug game. He disappeared for a while to lay low in West Africa when things were hot only to end up arrested by Interpol in the Cayman Islands because he was visiting his mistress. He never cared about the money, because it was always flowing and eventually became meaningless to him. He loved killing and the power of deciding what would happen with people’s lives.
I know it's just a show but the "regularness of life" is brought up in The Sopranos a few times as to why many of these criminals never get out of the life even if they know it will probably kill them eventually.
Well done for not getting sucked in further and for leaving that lifestyle. A wise man learns from other's mistakes. The reality is, the majority only wanted to know you for what you had, not who you were and so it's all fake. Most don't give a fcuk about you or what would happen to you when things go wrong, even just generally. They'd sell you up the river to cover their own backsides. It's a risky business. True about the ego, pride always fcuks things up. Better to be humble, the higher up someone is the further they have to fall and they still have God to answer to once they reach the other side.
@@gvs6462 "He never cared about the money, because it was always flowing and eventually became meaningless to him." This is quite important when people say they are not selling drugs "for the money". It is all about the money and the status and sense of importance that money buys.
@@BillyBob-dz9rghis REAL track records says otherwise,So…… yeah I would believe the written reports at the time than some random guy😂 and he never claim to know “Sammy the bull”. I don’t know how you can just created “problem” out of nothing.
I really hurt myself badly with this drug as a teenager in the late 90s. Doing it daily not drinking water, ended up catatonic in the psychiatric center a few times. Hard times. Much better today.
Yeah it's a dangerous drug if taken irresponsibly (as teenagers usually are). In moderation though it's fantastic. That said I've done it just once in the past 23 years and may not ever do it again.
@@TheYolkI was taking it daily two or three times a day, not drinking water. I wasn't giving my brain time to rest and I eventually was catatonic, crying all the time it was a nightmare. This is when extacy was really extacy. But it took a long time, I'm better today.
Or. legalize it, and communites all share seeds, genetics and materials, cut out the taxes and the big industry becauaw we dont need them anymore. Thats why legalization wont happen until things are far worse for everyone
What an interesting “master class” in how RICO structures are created and perpetrated. As a lawyer, and former prosecutor, I found it interested how the New Mexico Mafia gave Mr. Atwood a layperson’s class on America’s 4th and 5th amendments and searches based on probable cause. Many of the search buzzwords are part of the American lexicon but someone from Holland or the UK would probably not know the terms used everyday.
Sir you are a lawyer? Is it possible for my dad to obtain citezenship in anyway if he has been in prison for trying to sneak into the country then being deported and sneaking over again?
@@shaunattwoodOFFICIAL Thank you. I was intrigued by some of your “business decisions” to respect turf in the products you “sold” versus the locations where you could be found. Initially, you decided you needed to send travel teams to Holland to test out new formulas. You sent “traveling chemists” to find new connections in clubs and party zones. Each time you needed to cross international borders you dramatically increased your risk. Why was it judged to be more profitable to generate the active ingredients in Holland vs manufacturing the product here? If you had been arrested in Holland for this same crime, how would the punishment ranges compare? How did their prison systems compare?
@@Familylawgroup A big reason for why most of the xtc comes from The Netherlands is due to a few things. The country is more tolerant when it comes to drug related crimes, thus making it safer for drug organizations to headquarters there. The drug organizations are also less structured and thus more difficult to crack down on. But most importantly is the infrastructure in the country. Not only has xtc production been going on in the Netherlands for over 30 years, but the country is also a huge hub for drug trafficking. It’s fairly easy to get drugs in and out of the country. Most xtc production is done in the South close to Belgium and Germany. The port of Rotterdam is also the biggest in Europe which means that massive amounts of drugs pass through it every week. Hopefully this answers your question about why producing xtc outside of the Netherlands is less common.
@@canesugar911 What you choose to do to yourself is up to you. No need for a nanny state, someone taking a pill is doing less harm to society than someone who drives around in a diesel car all day.
Drug laws create the avenue to throw young black males in jail. You can't have a never ending, poverty stricken maze that overwhelmingly help feed a massive prison system and remove the main law that accomplishes this. Why do you think federal marijuana laws still exist when almost every state legalized it? This is just modern-day slavery in a covert form.
Absolutely insane story and that you’re still here to tell the tale. Really fortunate luck despite you got locked. As a consumer of xtc, I have very conflicted feelings about all the drug underworld. I’m not sure how dangerous it is here in Europe compared to the states but oh my god, it is a constant dodging of bullets.
This blew me away. Sean you come across as being sweet, caring and lovely, which I am sure that you are. But this level of involvement, you must’ve had a set of balls the size of melons. What a life and what an experience. You are so lucky to be alive to tell your story today.
Spent the 1990's in Arizona, now I know where all that great x was coming from. Thanks for some fantastic memories! Must have passed through Sonoyta a 100 times without a second glance. Just clean-cut college kids going to Rocky Point. Only time I was questioned was at the check point near Ajo, but a respectful and cooperative demeanor kept the search cursory and I was on my way. Coming from the Chicago area I also had the good fortune of experiencing the 1980's LSD resurgence. * Hope I haven't offended anyone, just a crazy exciting time in my life.
Shaun seems like a top gent 👏 Never met the man, only know bits and pieces about him on TH-cam etc over the years.. I've met plenty of people in a similar game. Most are power-hungry, egotistical sociopaths who think their Gods .. but the few that aren't like that are usually just messers like me , who got involved for every type of reason on earth. But they are normally good people! Keep up the good work, Shaun and Insider too. Cheers mate 👍 👌 😀
He likely lost his ego in prison mate. Also you can’t judge someone by how they appear in camera, you judge them by their actions over a period of time. Good on him though, now he can give us these insights.
@sighfly2928 fair point and I see what u mean, he may have had a big ego , younger lads in that type of business usually do! 😉 And American lock ups are not known for their tolerance, warm welcomes and hospitality!! Cheers mate 👍
Sadly people like Shaun are not the typical. There are some really nasty pieces of work involved in this enterprise, attracted to it and made by the illegality of it and money to be made. People need to realise the war on drugs does not help anything. least of all the cost to the tax payer to fund that complete waste of time and effort.
It's hilarious that the dole was telling you to lie about your past so they didn't have to keep paying you. Honestly they'd do anything but actually help someone
True dat. The reality is though the rehabilitation of offenders is only there in name. It is not actually there for rehabilitation. And on drug charges as serious as Shaun, there is not a time limit on the disclosure of the crimes. So zero rehabilitation. It is self defeating for society to operate this way. You understand it with dangerous people and crimes against the person like rape, murder and so on. But drugs is a total waste of police time, legal system time, prison availability, and on and on.
It’s never fixed in order to guarantee an infinite state of employment for “The Justice System”. Which is all a sick joke, and terrifyingly fraudulent. In reality, it’s a legalized slavery & BDSM system. Don’t believe me? Read the fine print on The 13th Amendment.
Some great observations here on how counterproductive the "war on drugs" effort is, and how it drives the demand for drugs up, while funding giant government machinery to fight a pointless battle
Hello Shaun, Vic from LBC Cali! Congratulations on the Birth of your Son! Shaun your hair…. When we look at the days gone past! There is an old saying….” Don’t let your yesterday be your Tomorrow “! You look simply Marvelous’Ol Chap!!! I like you really miss Wild Man, Shaun! RIP our friend! Those kind of guys are once in a Lifetime buddies! I’m watching thinking, darn Shaun you had the Money! Millions at a young age, wish you would have gone back to your Thinking Tree! That’s gone and your here, Thank God for that! I’m 63 now Shaun and always remember my partner Doyle’s words. He was 20 years my Senior and a true Gangster, he help Big Donald Garcia start the Mema , Mexican Mafia out of San Fernando ! “Where your at I’ve Been , Where I’m at ? I hope you make it! Cheers to you and your Family! Love you my Brotherman! Again Congratulations your a Father and new Duties! My Hats off to you Brother!
My first experience was in the early 90's (Fantasia 92) and I was hooked on Ecstasy. I was 23. Thank god I made it through those days largely unmarked.
One needs to maintain a certain level of skepticism on TH-cam videos, but this is one of the rare ones that seems to me to be pretty dependable in telling its story.
@@octillioml Shaun’s been around for decades, please research him more as his stories are truly important if you want to understand crime, America and why people don’t trust the executive branch of government
@@j_rainsgoat3929i don‘t know why someone would lace xtc pills with fentanyl… everybody would notice that the high is not normal especially because they want to turn up and don‘t want to nod off on opiates… but i‘m not from the usa and what happens in the usa often seems completely fake to me 😂 wild world over there
I used to love mdma as well until I’ve done too many serotonergic drugs and lost the magic. Now I just get an awful body load, hypertension and hot flashes lol.
These stories are epic... it's so cool to hear other people's experiences 👍 I found a loop hole from Amsterdam to London through the bus service.... never got caught ❗❗
Curb your ego. I know, it's hard for narcissists. But what drives you is also endangering you. The narrow path inbetween is the one to walk carefully, always keep your balance.
It’s crazy to think this man did a speak at my high school in England. Was about 15 years ago but vividly remember it. Great story and really fascinating bloke
I clicked a video one day and to my absolute surprise, I found the owner of the channel on a podcast with Shaun and a flerfer. I have never seen anyone have that much fun not doing drugs before.
This dude is real af i found the Detroit rave scene back in '05 and pills were off the chain back then right around that same time basically man i miss those days
In the mid-90s friends would get 25,000 pills sent through DHL/FedEx in one box from the Netherlands into NYC regularly. Mitsubishis, Full Moons (the big ones you could snap in 2), flying saucers, etc...Wasn't even a thing until too many people started doing it. They pumped them all through the Tunnel, Limelight, Twilo & Living Room in about a week. The club scene glory days.
My first E was 98-99’… we went to Marquee club and my friend scored a white Mitzi for each of us. Speed bombs. I was still rocking at lunchtime the next day
I was definitely munching on his tabs, out of Chicago, back in the early 2000's I specifically remember eating those mitsu's, dollar signs and teletubies. Literally gave me xtc chills when he talked about them. 👍thanks for the good times my friend!
Got those pure brown/tan once that were so pure they cumbled apart because there were no fillers. I remember maybe 15 minutes after taking the first one I ducked out of the way of a beam of a street light because it looked so defined that it was solid
Geez, I never could find them. It was very rare we could find any, but when we did, they were things like blue dolphins that were so stepped on it was pretty difficult to feel much, and you CERTAINTLY weren't going to SEE anything from those. I don't think I've ever tried a single actual dose of mdma in any capacity now that I think about it
That was an interesting era which basically happened in my high school years and early 20s. His mention of "double stacks"- bruhhhh, the one summer of triple stacks was wild and they were noticeably bigger so we don't think it was marketing. He's right about colored pills- my buddy getting them from the next major city with an international college and an international hub always had problems with pills like that. The most basic, boring to most people and not appealing would struggle to sell so after awhile I realized this because I was of the opinion of why "brand" something if its good since it adds time to pressing but the people who swore about the colored pills said that they didn't trust what looked like OTC medicine because they've been ripped off in the past. So anything white or beige they would hate. Molly is not ecstasy or MDMA. Molly is a dirty synthetic game of Russian roulette. All the mollyheads locked up when I was in county jail looked just as bad or worse than the kids coming off of doing fent all the time. These guys were shaking the top bunk. One tiny guy seriously looked like ET shook so much we called him Glitch because he looked like a video game glitching. I did X for years- never had those problems and definitely never shook when I stopped using it. The health messages about it eating a hole in your head and messing up your seratonin had me give it up
I saw this guy in a Professor Dave explains video! I had to double check if it was actually him, but he was one of the moderator's in a flat earth debate on Dave's channel. I did not realize he had a past life like this!!
@@will.42069 He isn't tough or smart enough to be a big time drug smuggler and he never has been. He's a good story teller though. That is unless I see 100% solid proof of all his claims.
@@will.42069 Also.. MDMA is usually transported large scale as kilo lumps of pure Crystal. Most drugs are smuggled in there pure form and then cut and or turned into pills / crack whatever once they are in the country.. Why would anyone smuggle fully produced pills when the packages would have to be larger and more of them for the street level product? Get Shawn to answer that one and stay looking credible.
@@will.42069 Tell Shaun that I will talk to him live in front of everyone who wants to watch if he wishes to defend my claims about him. (Instead of having paid pawn to do his talking.) Shawn is that 'Important' he won't even be allowed to talk to me about anything. ..You do know who I am right?
@@GMT439 why don’t u read the case files then? What could be more reputable than a whole investigation outlined in a report ? What evidence have you heard that warrants him being labels a liar ?
Thanks for your story and I could relate with having it all and losing it. I owned one of those house/rave record store from 96-2003. No I didn’t get into the illegal drug business, but the guy who worked for me and screwed men over was a e dealer. Looking back, I would’ve never given him a chance to work for me after he admitted selling E. But I told him to not to do it around my business and what a fool I was bc he ended up supplying most of my customers. I mean if I wanted to make money from drugs, I would’ve don’t it myself or gone into partnership with him bc at the time house music and E worked hand and hand. But I’ve kept a more simple life with a simple job and I didn’t think when you reach success, you had all these ppl. wanting to take you down and the drama that comes with success. I’m actually lucky to be alive bc my first partner demanded money paid back to them that my partner owed them. So I paid them, but before that, I didn’t know who was waiting to kill me. So even why you ran a legit business, just being associate with these drug ppl. you could easily get sucked in.
I'm interested, but i also find myself asking "But how dangerous is MDNA, really?". I honestly dont know the answer. But it strikes me as a substance that would be very unlikely to overdose, simply because the effects are "enough" on their own. I also have nevef heard of it being addictive for anyone. Perhaps some young people would do it every weekend to escape their problems, but that's a far cry from opiods. The only recurring negative health consequencee I've heard of are simply people going dancing and becoming dehydrated - something easily corrected for with public health advocacy. There's also something to be considered in the nature of the MDMA high. It is very pro-social and now there's research into medical uses for psychological trauma and PTSD. That points to the string likelihood that some significant portion of recreational users could actually be seeking to self-medicate for psychological challenges they might be having - often without realizing it. Obviously smuggling is something to be controlled, but I'm increasingly thinking that our obsession with attacking the black market for these drugs is the wrong approach. Save that energy for things that are truly dangerous - opiods, weapons, hazardous materials.
The problem, as with all illicit drugs, is what are you getting exactly? When I did ecstasy, there were really 2 types; the speedy type you would take to dance all night, and the downer type you took for a night home with a partner. Those effects are all from some unknown that was added to the actual MDMA.
Its not good to take with certain medical conditions and is hard on the heart, blood pressure, etc. A lot of young ppl dont know they have a condition that should not be combined with MDMA (i certainly didnt) as it can take awhile for medical conditions to present themselves/be diagnosed. So thats a huge safety risk for the sake of partying. Yeah it can help with ptsd but it can also cause you to engage in risky behaviours that may lead to a traumatic event and thereby give you ptsd in a roundabout way. It really fucks up your judgment and inhibitions. Also its a stimulant. It makes you grind your teeth, clench parts of your body for hours, etc. Many ppl are sore and seratonin-deprived for days after. When it wears off after a couple hours you do go thru a mini-withdrawal, but re-dosing does nothing. Basically its fun for a few hours, then you get bummed out. Its a very superficial euphoria. Sure, mdma isnt as bad as meth and heroin, but i cant stand when the rave community uses that as an excuse cuz that is a very low bar. If you want to experience euphoria, address your inner demons with psychedelic therapy, and see the world in a new way, then do LSD instead. It is way better (though it lasts a lot longer). Not that i encourage drug use, but just saying, LSD has many of the great elements of mdma without those negative stimulant side effects. Mdma is a pointless high. Major caveat about drug purity, obviously.
Just imagine if MDMA was regulated instead of banned. Imagine that he didn't have to go to jail for 6 years and had been running a LEGITIMATE business all these years. Imagine a system where people would be educated and cared for, so they can pursue what they want to do instead of taking shady fakes over the years. Actions have consequences, people can harm themselves doing it . . . but what if the harm can be reduced or mitigated? It is a shame
From what I know he pretty much asked Wild Man organize and do the rip. Wild Man we do know was a violent guy so my guess it is more of a "we" as in the organization. Since ain't no way you run as much E has he did without having some real violent people by your side even if you personally don't take part.
@@lg2691 I'm not saying I buy that he was involved hence the statement "from what I know" however I do know a thing or two about drug dealing having grown up around dealers that there is always violence in the game even if you don't take part. So I believe it is plausible he asked for it to happen or the people under him knew what had to be done since when you interfere with money or product there is always a violent response.
well done lad great show, thank god your life is beautiful now with new member of your family Ziggy seen your supra there same has mine . cheers see ye soon. Terry
One could only imagine which corporation would have won the game if all this was legalized along with some sort of framework for enjoying it in safe environments. I guess the kids that are raised to think there must always be "good"/"bad" guys and the kids raised to refuse rules will run things until a more level headed and mindful version of human emerges.
You don't hear the words "fortunately there was a race riot" too often.
The only time it's fortunate is when you're trying to steal from your neighbors and local business.
@@tokivikerness8863or trying to sell lol
😂
Do you not live in reality? Africans and muslims have been rioting in white countries every single week for years and years now.
Really shows you how he thinks
Love Sean but them buttons working overtime 😂
Probably looks OK when standing. (as he probably was when checking in the mirror lol)
maybe he needs a slightly bigger shirt 🥴
im getting hench :)
@@shaunattwoodOFFICIALyou're getting takeout :-P
Shows how much you know. He’s obviously got cash taped to his body to smuggle it and they probably caught him in between flights for the interview.
He is one hundred percent right about the ego.
And it's insane
and 100% wrong about everything else.
Shaun has an imagination like Walt Disney.
You can tell he really misses doing what he loved 😂
Agreed 💯
Those were the good days of raving and pressed pills. I miss it too.
Government always ruins your fun😒
So he loved ruining peoples life’s.
He said it was super fun and a rush, so I don't blame him. But I bet he doesn't miss hanging out with the Aryan Brotherhood in maximum security prison
"hundreds of thousands dead in Mexico... all this knife crime in london... revolves around young people competing for the black market profit in drugs, created by drug laws."
pretty much sums up the problem with the war on drugs
Drug laws cause crime -Former drug smugglers
Drug laws cause crime -Former drug addicts
Drug laws cause crime -Former police officers
Drug laws cause crime -Former organized crime
Politicians: we really need to crack down on this marijooana
@@AnthonyHoulthe prohibition just proves this point.
Yay! We traded alcohol for the Mob.
@@AnthonyHoulget a job 🥱🥱
Reminds me of the fictionalized Hamsterdam experiment created by Commander Bunny Colvin in The Wire. Legalizing drugs was a shock to everyone but turned out to be very effective limiting it to certain zones in Baltimore.
Apparently sheriff joe arpiao isn't much help either
Exactly! 100% not about the money. I was a runner back in the day, about to turn middleman and start having my own runners but things got dicey, when we went to Queens, NY to pick up a load. The dude we were picking up from was literally less then 100 yards away, when undercovers in unmarked cars/trucks swarmed them. We casually drove away and got the fck out of there. Never heard from the guy ever again, sold the rest of the X pills I had for dirt cheap, just to get out of the game. Once again, it wasn't about the money... it was all about feeling important, having the attention and overall, feeling quite fcking powerful.
good point
Had a friend from college who ended up becoming a middleman for a Mexican cartel doing business with the Chinese for fentanyl ingredients. The guy was quite a genius and a polyglot, which made him a valuable piece in the drug game. He disappeared for a while to lay low in West Africa when things were hot only to end up arrested by Interpol in the Cayman Islands because he was visiting his mistress. He never cared about the money, because it was always flowing and eventually became meaningless to him. He loved killing and the power of deciding what would happen with people’s lives.
I know it's just a show but the "regularness of life" is brought up in The Sopranos a few times as to why many of these criminals never get out of the life even if they know it will probably kill them eventually.
Well done for not getting sucked in further and for leaving that lifestyle. A wise man learns from other's mistakes. The reality is, the majority only wanted to know you for what you had, not who you were and so it's all fake. Most don't give a fcuk about you or what would happen to you when things go wrong, even just generally. They'd sell you up the river to cover their own backsides. It's a risky business. True about the ego, pride always fcuks things up. Better to be humble, the higher up someone is the further they have to fall and they still have God to answer to once they reach the other side.
@@gvs6462 "He never cared about the money, because it was always flowing and eventually became meaningless to him."
This is quite important when people say they are not selling drugs "for the money".
It is all about the money and the status and sense of importance that money buys.
What a brilliant businessman! Nice to see he's on the straight and narrow.
thanks!
its a made up story bro. You know it after he says how much mg was in the pills in the 90s. He has no clue
Daddygate check it. One sick fraud is attwood
Shaun always has a smile on his face even when facing Sammy
Sammy the bull says he is a fraud and he never knew him
@@BillyBob-dz9rg sammy the rat is a known liar, can't trust either
Never met him , this guys a jerk
@@pen2199 better than been a prick !
@@BillyBob-dz9rghis REAL track records says otherwise,So…… yeah I would believe the written reports at the time than some random guy😂 and he never claim to know “Sammy the bull”. I don’t know how you can just created “problem” out of nothing.
I really hurt myself badly with this drug as a teenager in the late 90s.
Doing it daily not drinking water, ended up catatonic in the psychiatric center a few times. Hard times. Much better today.
Yeah it's a dangerous drug if taken irresponsibly (as teenagers usually are). In moderation though it's fantastic. That said I've done it just once in the past 23 years and may not ever do it again.
so you didnt hurt yourself with the drug, but by not drinking water.
@@TheYolkI was taking it daily two or three times a day, not drinking water. I wasn't giving my brain time to rest and I eventually was catatonic, crying all the time it was a nightmare.
This is when extacy was really extacy.
But it took a long time, I'm better today.
@@Come-Jesus-Come
You're missing the point. You would have ended up in the same condition without the X.
@@ianashmore9910 I just focus on where I'm going now B.
Legalize everything, tax it, take the money out of the hands of the gangs. So obvious, so simple.
The Government is worse than any gang could dream
Every country or municipality which did this solved the drug problem over night basically. See Portugal and Geneva in the 80s.
Or. legalize it, and communites all share seeds, genetics and materials, cut out the taxes and the big industry becauaw we dont need them anymore. Thats why legalization wont happen until things are far worse for everyone
If America was 98% Anglo they would legalize it
If America was 98% wyte they would legalize it
What an interesting “master class” in how RICO structures are created and perpetrated. As a lawyer, and former prosecutor, I found it interested how the New Mexico Mafia gave Mr. Atwood a layperson’s class on America’s 4th and 5th amendments and searches based on probable cause. Many of the search buzzwords are part of the American lexicon but someone from Holland or the UK would probably not know the terms used everyday.
good observation
Sir you are a lawyer? Is it possible for my dad to obtain citezenship in anyway if he has been in prison for trying to sneak into the country then being deported and sneaking over again?
@@shaunattwoodOFFICIAL Thank you. I was intrigued by some of your “business decisions” to respect turf in the products you “sold” versus the locations where you could be found. Initially, you decided you needed to send travel teams to Holland to test out new formulas. You sent “traveling chemists” to find new connections in clubs and party zones. Each time you needed to cross international borders you dramatically increased your risk. Why was it judged to be more profitable to generate the active ingredients in Holland vs manufacturing the product here? If you had been arrested in Holland for this same crime, how would the punishment ranges compare? How did their prison systems compare?
@@Familylawgroup A big reason for why most of the xtc comes from The Netherlands is due to a few things. The country is more tolerant when it comes to drug related crimes, thus making it safer for drug organizations to headquarters there. The drug organizations are also less structured and thus more difficult to crack down on. But most importantly is the infrastructure in the country. Not only has xtc production been going on in the Netherlands for over 30 years, but the country is also a huge hub for drug trafficking. It’s fairly easy to get drugs in and out of the country. Most xtc production is done in the South close to Belgium and Germany. The port of Rotterdam is also the biggest in Europe which means that massive amounts of drugs pass through it every week. Hopefully this answers your question about why producing xtc outside of the Netherlands is less common.
@@nathanvanlent9407The port of Rotterdam and Belgium are massive ports and so much stuff comes through there daily that it’s more difficult to catch
Best series on YT & In every video, the message is clear. Drug laws & lack of support are the root cause.
Organised crime will always exist, governments can only reduce it
And people who make the choice to take drugs
@@canesugar911 What you choose to do to yourself is up to you. No need for a nanny state, someone taking a pill is doing less harm to society than someone who drives around in a diesel car all day.
Drug laws create the avenue to throw young black males in jail. You can't have a never ending, poverty stricken maze that overwhelmingly help feed a massive prison system and remove the main law that accomplishes this. Why do you think federal marijuana laws still exist when almost every state legalized it? This is just modern-day slavery in a covert form.
@canesugar911 Do you use coffee, sugar, tobacco or chocolate? lol
Absolutely insane story and that you’re still here to tell the tale. Really fortunate luck despite you got locked.
As a consumer of xtc, I have very conflicted feelings about all the drug underworld. I’m not sure how dangerous it is here in Europe compared to the states but oh my god, it is a constant dodging of bullets.
This blew me away. Sean you come across as being sweet, caring and lovely, which I am sure that you are. But this level of involvement, you must’ve had a set of balls the size of melons. What a life and what an experience. You are so lucky to be alive to tell your story today.
Cheers
All lies. Just like Jen who hides the fact that she’s a brass!!!
Orrrrrr he's talking out of his arse
@@craigward7691 I mean he was imprisoned for 9 and a half years for it
Check out daddy gate one sick freak is attwood. Gets off on role playing sexual abuse of children. Daddygate
Prison in most of the world is a punishment, prison in America is a business.
$100k to get the sentence down from 200 years to 9.5 years! Crazy! Money well spent damn
Death sentence for all drug dealers.
Saul was definitely working for him
@@kristopherdetar4346 Better lock up big pharma 🥴
Only served 6 years. Less time than the average possession charge. Whoever the judge was should have been tried.
@@kristopherdetar4346no one cares. go be emotional elsewhere
Been following Shaun for years and man, that story doesn’t get old. Would love to see the film!
Easily some of the best content on TH-cam, this'll be the first series to win the eventual web content version of an an actual prestige award
Spent the 1990's in Arizona, now I know where all that great x was coming from. Thanks for some fantastic memories!
Must have passed through Sonoyta a 100 times without a second glance. Just clean-cut college kids going to Rocky Point. Only time I was questioned was at the check point near Ajo, but a respectful and cooperative demeanor kept the search cursory and I was on my way.
Coming from the Chicago area I also had the good fortune of experiencing the 1980's LSD resurgence.
* Hope I haven't offended anyone, just a crazy exciting time in my life.
Shaun seems like a top gent 👏
Never met the man, only know bits and pieces about him on TH-cam etc over the years..
I've met plenty of people in a similar game. Most are power-hungry, egotistical sociopaths who think their Gods .. but the few that aren't like that are usually just messers like me , who got involved for every type of reason on earth. But they are normally good people!
Keep up the good work, Shaun and Insider too.
Cheers mate 👍 👌 😀
He likely lost his ego in prison mate. Also you can’t judge someone by how they appear in camera, you judge them by their actions over a period of time. Good on him though, now he can give us these insights.
@sighfly2928 fair point and I see what u mean, he may have had a big ego , younger lads in that type of business usually do! 😉
And American lock ups are not known for their tolerance, warm welcomes and hospitality!!
Cheers mate 👍
Cheers 🍻
@@sighfly2928i think its because the xtc trade and the rave scène is also different type of beast
Sadly people like Shaun are not the typical. There are some really nasty pieces of work involved in this enterprise, attracted to it and made by the illegality of it and money to be made. People need to realise the war on drugs does not help anything. least of all the cost to the tax payer to fund that complete waste of time and effort.
I'd like to clarify when Shaun said 40,000 pills being a serious loss
He didn't mean financially he meant he really loves MDMA
Its true, the cost pwr pill when you buy this many isnt very much
Someone get this man a shirt that actually fits
I know, he looks like an overweight zen master. 😄
He might be wearing a bulletproof vest.
@@shoot_the_glass5654 I JUST YELPED 😂😂😂 🥋
@@ambatipudi fat is not bulletproof
When Sammy went down, almost everyone in his organisation talked. When Sean got busted, not one person from his outfit talked.
Who is Sammy?
@@elijahcaon8094 Sammy "The Bull" Gravano
@@elijahcaon8094do you even bother watching the video or are you on youtube for the comments
That’s because his stories are far fetched
that is not true. A few people talked, but not him. That was the cost of him picking kids with no criminal history & coming from good families.
Everybody remembers how lovely was his first pill at the party🎉❤ pure joy and feeling soo happy...good memories😊
Yes, first time is always the best, nothing else will ever come close to it.
I went to college at ASU in the early 2000s and remember dealing with this guys people. Those were some wild times!
😂
As Boone NC?
thanks to Skye & Kushnir.....the beginning of the end.@@shaunattwoodOFFICIAL
It's hilarious that the dole was telling you to lie about your past so they didn't have to keep paying you. Honestly they'd do anything but actually help someone
True dat. The reality is though the rehabilitation of offenders is only there in name. It is not actually there for rehabilitation. And on drug charges as serious as Shaun, there is not a time limit on the disclosure of the crimes. So zero rehabilitation. It is self defeating for society to operate this way. You understand it with dangerous people and crimes against the person like rape, murder and so on. But drugs is a total waste of police time, legal system time, prison availability, and on and on.
It’s never fixed in order to guarantee an infinite state of employment for “The Justice System”. Which is all a sick joke, and terrifyingly fraudulent. In reality, it’s a legalized slavery & BDSM system. Don’t believe me? Read the fine print on The 13th Amendment.
He came to talk to my school last year. Interesting guy
NO WAY Shaun Attwood? I thought he was banned from making good content. Cheers to the man I met on PKA, and the journalist of the modern life of crime
Big up Shaun, been following his content for awhile now. RIP Wildman 🌹
Some great observations here on how counterproductive the "war on drugs" effort is, and how it drives the demand for drugs up, while funding giant government machinery to fight a pointless battle
thanks!
The War on Drugs is the problem. Drugs must be legalized & regulated mostly for purity.
I hope I NEVER see that in my life time.
@@JOHANNA-qd6izyou’re braindead
@@JOHANNA-qd6iz no one asked johanna
Hello Shaun, Vic from LBC Cali! Congratulations on the Birth of your Son! Shaun your hair…. When we look at the days gone past! There is an old saying….” Don’t let your yesterday be your Tomorrow “! You look simply Marvelous’Ol Chap!!! I like you really miss Wild Man, Shaun! RIP our friend! Those kind of guys are once in a Lifetime buddies! I’m watching thinking, darn Shaun you had the Money! Millions at a young age, wish you would have gone back to your Thinking Tree! That’s gone and your here, Thank God for that! I’m 63 now Shaun and always remember my partner Doyle’s words. He was 20 years my Senior and a true Gangster, he help Big Donald Garcia start the Mema , Mexican Mafia out of San Fernando ! “Where your at I’ve Been , Where I’m at ? I hope you make it! Cheers to you and your Family! Love you my Brotherman! Again Congratulations your a Father and new Duties! My Hats off to you Brother!
11:02 This is so funny, “I did something silly” xD so savage, and nonchalant.
“I did something silly” proceeds to explain how he raided an Italian mafia house :D
My first experience was in the early 90's (Fantasia 92) and I was hooked on Ecstasy. I was 23. Thank god I made it through those days largely unmarked.
That shirt is on life support.
One needs to maintain a certain level of skepticism on TH-cam videos, but this is one of the rare ones that seems to me to be pretty dependable in telling its story.
how do you know? you're just guessing as though you have the faintest idea whether or not he's lying
@@octilli Do you know what "seems" means?
@@octillioml Shaun’s been around for decades, please research him more as his stories are truly important if you want to understand crime, America and why people don’t trust the executive branch of government
i loved xtc when i was in my late teens - early 20s. never had a better time in my life. people like to demonize things that really don't deserve it.
Yeah but these days it would be cut with fentanyl.
@@j_rainsgoat3929i don‘t know why someone would lace xtc pills with fentanyl… everybody would notice that the high is not normal especially because they want to turn up and don‘t want to nod off on opiates… but i‘m not from the usa and what happens in the usa often seems completely fake to me 😂
wild world over there
I used to love mdma as well until I’ve done too many serotonergic drugs and lost the magic. Now I just get an awful body load, hypertension and hot flashes lol.
Takes away from the rest of your life tho. I always hope users don’t use regularly
@@JuanDeag228 try htp-5 supplements
give mans a shirt that fits
Lmfao I didn't even notice that at first
"fortunately, there was a race riot"
LMAO 🤣🤣🤣
That caught me off guard
These stories are epic... it's so cool to hear other people's experiences 👍
I found a loop hole from Amsterdam to London through the bus service.... never got caught ❗❗
ahahah
now you will
Dude said not to brag you don’t listen
:)
Curb your ego. I know, it's hard for narcissists. But what drives you is also endangering you. The narrow path inbetween is the one to walk carefully, always keep your balance.
It’s crazy to think this man did a speak at my high school in England. Was about 15 years ago but vividly remember it. Great story and really fascinating bloke
Same for us
mdma should be legal. period.
I clicked a video one day and to my absolute surprise, I found the owner of the channel on a podcast with Shaun and a flerfer.
I have never seen anyone have that much fun not doing drugs before.
This dude is real af i found the Detroit rave scene back in '05 and pills were off the chain back then right around that same time basically man i miss those days
thanks!
one of the best videos i’ve seen in years, such a story, great work peeps!
thanks!
"Can you feel it yet?" ...ah, the good 'ol days :)
In the mid-90s friends would get 25,000 pills sent through DHL/FedEx in one box from the Netherlands into NYC regularly. Mitsubishis, Full Moons (the big ones you could snap in 2), flying saucers, etc...Wasn't even a thing until too many people started doing it. They pumped them all through the Tunnel, Limelight, Twilo & Living Room in about a week. The club scene glory days.
Full Moons circa 1994 🤪
Don't confuse people. You must mean FROM Shanghai or Beijing. That's what Blinken and Biden claimed.
My first E was 98-99’… we went to Marquee club and my friend scored a white Mitzi for each of us. Speed bombs. I was still rocking at lunchtime the next day
Mitsubishis weren't white and mdma is not speedy.
I was definitely munching on his tabs, out of Chicago, back in the early 2000's
I specifically remember eating those mitsu's, dollar signs and teletubies. Literally gave me xtc chills when he talked about them.
👍thanks for the good times my friend!
thanks!
@@shaunattwoodOFFICIALI was wondering if you have ever been to DEMF, in Detroit, MI...its every Memorial Day weekend?!
Those buttons are holding on for dear life.
Got those pure brown/tan once that were so pure they cumbled apart because there were no fillers. I remember maybe 15 minutes after taking the first one I ducked out of the way of a beam of a street light because it looked so defined that it was solid
Geez, I never could find them. It was very rare we could find any, but when we did, they were things like blue dolphins that were so stepped on it was pretty difficult to feel much, and you CERTAINTLY weren't going to SEE anything from those. I don't think I've ever tried a single actual dose of mdma in any capacity now that I think about it
Why are they blurring pills? 💊
That was an interesting era which basically happened in my high school years and early 20s. His mention of "double stacks"- bruhhhh, the one summer of triple stacks was wild and they were noticeably bigger so we don't think it was marketing. He's right about colored pills- my buddy getting them from the next major city with an international college and an international hub always had problems with pills like that. The most basic, boring to most people and not appealing would struggle to sell so after awhile I realized this because I was of the opinion of why "brand" something if its good since it adds time to pressing but the people who swore about the colored pills said that they didn't trust what looked like OTC medicine because they've been ripped off in the past. So anything white or beige they would hate. Molly is not ecstasy or MDMA. Molly is a dirty synthetic game of Russian roulette. All the mollyheads locked up when I was in county jail looked just as bad or worse than the kids coming off of doing fent all the time. These guys were shaking the top bunk. One tiny guy seriously looked like ET shook so much we called him Glitch because he looked like a video game glitching. I did X for years- never had those problems and definitely never shook when I stopped using it. The health messages about it eating a hole in your head and messing up your seratonin had me give it up
Seems like the best pills I had were all single stacks
Saaaaame. Loved a triple stack.
That’s back when they were good though.
The Glitch. That's kinda sad, but funny though.
I'm not sure what you think molly is. Ecstasy is cut with stuff but molly is pure MDMA and it's not hard to make.
Wildmans cooking videos are still the best content on TH-cam
A great philosopher once wrote "naughty, naughty, very naughty" 😄
@FUKZU got any vera's?
@@ytcensorhack1876 any salmon?😁
The most impressive part about the whole video is the buttons on his shirt holding on for dear life 😀
notice how he named all his friends by name (been caught) but was careful to be vague about the “enterprises” in holland
Very interesting ...watching this as a resident of Scottsdale Arizona
We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.
Took a screenshot of this comment. Sent to printer. Going on wall.
❤.
@@pyootchnich If you are interested: It's from the play The Woman of Andros by Thornton Wilder
@@Kub-Kob many thanks
We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.
love this series, keep em coming! ❤
Sean is awesome. I’ve been following his channel for a while now
What a wild journey I must say.
I saw this guy in a Professor Dave explains video! I had to double check if it was actually him, but he was one of the moderator's in a flat earth debate on Dave's channel. I did not realize he had a past life like this!!
God damn, yeah that’s the same guy. That’s really a strange connection, interesting nonetheless.
Brilliant interview, love Shaun, great local lad who's been very successful and turned his life around for the good
thanks!
Good morning Community..love this awareness 💯🌄
The work those buttons are doing is beyond the call of duty!
Shaun is a well know story teller so solid proof of all his Claims are Required.
There’s case files
@@will.42069 He isn't tough or smart enough to be a big time drug smuggler and he never has been.
He's a good story teller though.
That is unless I see 100% solid proof of all his claims.
@@will.42069 Also.. MDMA is usually transported large scale as kilo lumps of pure Crystal. Most drugs are smuggled in there pure form and then cut and or turned into pills / crack whatever once they are in the country.. Why would anyone smuggle fully produced pills when the packages would have to be larger and more of them for the street level product?
Get Shawn to answer that one and stay looking credible.
@@will.42069 Tell Shaun that I will talk to him live in front of everyone who wants to watch if he wishes to defend my claims about him. (Instead of having paid pawn to do his talking.)
Shawn is that 'Important' he won't even be allowed to talk to me about anything.
..You do know who I am right?
@@GMT439 why don’t u read the case files then? What could be more reputable than a whole investigation outlined in a report ?
What evidence have you heard that warrants him being labels a liar ?
100 to 125 mg is exactly right. Don’t need more than 200 mg.
Thanks for your story and I could relate with having it all and losing it. I owned one of those house/rave record store from 96-2003. No I didn’t get into the illegal drug business, but the guy who worked for me and screwed men over was a e dealer. Looking back, I would’ve never given him a chance to work for me after he admitted selling E. But I told him to not to do it around my business and what a fool I was bc he ended up supplying most of my customers. I mean if I wanted to make money from drugs, I would’ve don’t it myself or gone into partnership with him bc at the time house music and E worked hand and hand.
But I’ve kept a more simple life with a simple job and I didn’t think when you reach success, you had all these ppl. wanting to take you down and the drama that comes with success. I’m actually lucky to be alive bc my first partner demanded money paid back to them that my partner owed them. So I paid them, but before that, I didn’t know who was waiting to kill me. So even why you ran a legit business, just being associate with these drug ppl. you could easily get sucked in.
That shirt is fighting for it’s life
We love Shaun!!
I just want a relationship as strong as those buttons. Is that too much to ask for?
Next size up would be good
Most other insiders seem to feel at least some remorse about what they did.
Still got a card Shaun gave out at my school 15 years ago, T-Bone says take care out there!
35 for one pill that’s crazy I thought 5 euros was the highest price I will ever see😂
it's just logistics... buy a gram of cocaine in columbia with 50,- dollars/euro's and then go out to eat for the remaining money.
My first pill was in Dublin in '94 and it was 25 quid. Amazing times!
Yup, 1992, red n black capsules...£15 for me
Because in Europe they were "locally" sourced. You know, from Europe ;)
Thank you for your service :)
shaun atwood is a legend
One of your best videos yet
I'm interested, but i also find myself asking "But how dangerous is MDNA, really?". I honestly dont know the answer. But it strikes me as a substance that would be very unlikely to overdose, simply because the effects are "enough" on their own. I also have nevef heard of it being addictive for anyone. Perhaps some young people would do it every weekend to escape their problems, but that's a far cry from opiods. The only recurring negative health consequencee I've heard of are simply people going dancing and becoming dehydrated - something easily corrected for with public health advocacy.
There's also something to be considered in the nature of the MDMA high. It is very pro-social and now there's research into medical uses for psychological trauma and PTSD. That points to the string likelihood that some significant portion of recreational users could actually be seeking to self-medicate for psychological challenges they might be having - often without realizing it.
Obviously smuggling is something to be controlled, but I'm increasingly thinking that our obsession with attacking the black market for these drugs is the wrong approach. Save that energy for things that are truly dangerous - opiods, weapons, hazardous materials.
The problem, as with all illicit drugs, is what are you getting exactly? When I did ecstasy, there were really 2 types; the speedy type you would take to dance all night, and the downer type you took for a night home with a partner. Those effects are all from some unknown that was added to the actual MDMA.
@@BIGxJIMxSLADEThat would be an easy thing to figure out if the pills existed within a legal framework.
Dateline: Ecstasy Rising with Peter Jennings was a really good documentary on MDMA
Its not good to take with certain medical conditions and is hard on the heart, blood pressure, etc. A lot of young ppl dont know they have a condition that should not be combined with MDMA (i certainly didnt) as it can take awhile for medical conditions to present themselves/be diagnosed. So thats a huge safety risk for the sake of partying.
Yeah it can help with ptsd but it can also cause you to engage in risky behaviours that may lead to a traumatic event and thereby give you ptsd in a roundabout way. It really fucks up your judgment and inhibitions.
Also its a stimulant. It makes you grind your teeth, clench parts of your body for hours, etc. Many ppl are sore and seratonin-deprived for days after. When it wears off after a couple hours you do go thru a mini-withdrawal, but re-dosing does nothing. Basically its fun for a few hours, then you get bummed out. Its a very superficial euphoria.
Sure, mdma isnt as bad as meth and heroin, but i cant stand when the rave community uses that as an excuse cuz that is a very low bar.
If you want to experience euphoria, address your inner demons with psychedelic therapy, and see the world in a new way, then do LSD instead. It is way better (though it lasts a lot longer). Not that i encourage drug use, but just saying, LSD has many of the great elements of mdma without those negative stimulant side effects. Mdma is a pointless high.
Major caveat about drug purity, obviously.
It's not at all dangerous in any way.
Most problems are actually from people drinking TOO MUCH water.
i have to say, when shawn after hearing how shawn talked about wild man on a podcast. i didnt think he would look like he did in the pictures.
as a guy actually from holland, the prices he mentions are laughably insane, I pay a euro max
Yea that are more normal prices echt gestoord 35 euro
hahahaha ja toch?:p @@BruceDamvan
Very well put together piece. Bravo Insider
Just imagine if MDMA was regulated instead of banned. Imagine that he didn't have to go to jail for 6 years and had been running a LEGITIMATE business all these years. Imagine a system where people would be educated and cared for, so they can pursue what they want to do instead of taking shady fakes over the years. Actions have consequences, people can harm themselves doing it . . . but what if the harm can be reduced or mitigated? It is a shame
Right on. Thanks for sharing.
Dancesafe sure helped out a lot back in the day
true
Still does. Actually getting the advocacy out to test saves lives.
Shaun has written a couple of books based on his experiences. Well worth checking out.
he trafficking something under that shirt
Thank you for your service.
Sean atwood never kicked a door in and held anyone at gun point 😂
He did get busted taking advantage of an autistic female guest .. had her on her knees calling him daddy while she was dressed as a kid
From what I know he pretty much asked Wild Man organize and do the rip. Wild Man we do know was a violent guy so my guess it is more of a "we" as in the organization. Since ain't no way you run as much E has he did without having some real violent people by your side even if you personally don't take part.
@@vx8431 you're gullible beyond belief like most of his base
@@lg2691 I'm not saying I buy that he was involved hence the statement "from what I know" however I do know a thing or two about drug dealing having grown up around dealers that there is always violence in the game even if you don't take part. So I believe it is plausible he asked for it to happen or the people under him knew what had to be done since when you interfere with money or product there is always a violent response.
@@vx8431 wild man I believe but sean definitely was not toting the strap at any point
Silence from Arizona state correctional services…. Speaks volumes about their corruption!
well done lad great show, thank god your life is beautiful now with new member of your family Ziggy seen your supra there same has mine . cheers see ye soon. Terry
One could only imagine which corporation would have won the game if all this was legalized along with some sort of framework for enjoying it in safe environments. I guess the kids that are raised to think there must always be "good"/"bad" guys and the kids raised to refuse rules will run things until a more level headed and mindful version of human emerges.
Couldn't find this dude a decent shirt that actually fit?
Great video lads
He’s not kidding about how lax it was before 9/11… it felt like they knew and were ok with it 😂
It’s sick that those drugs are not available legally. I can drink alcohol, smoke tobacco but I can not use drugs…
Real life Heisenberg😭