Vice: The Cost of Living/Paradise Lost

"The Cost of Living" Americans today spend more on pharmaceuticals per capita than anywhere else in the world, and more than one in five say they have trouble affording their prescription drugs. But alternative pathways to medicine exist. Hamilton Morris explores the world of clandestine chemists, DIY bio hackers, and grey markets to see if a more democratized medicinal future is indeed possible. "Paradise Lost" Five months after Hurricane Maria, one of the worst natural disasters in Puerto Rico's history, Isobel Yeung travels to the American territory and finds thousands of citizens struggling to rebuild amidst insufficient aid and a lack of basic services. Isobel explores the social and political ramifications of the Trump administration's lagging support in what many consider one of the world's last colonies.