''MTV's Busted'' is a reality TV show that depicts young adults (mostly students in college) getting arrested and penalized by police. Most arrests are for alcohol-related crimes, such as

drunk driving Drunk driving (or drink-driving in British English) is the act of driving under the influence of alcohol. A small increase in the blood alcohol content increases the relative risk of a motor vehicle crash. In the United States, alcohol is invo ...

and underage drinking. Arrests for possession of

marijuana Cannabis, also known as marijuana among other names, is a psychoactive drug from the cannabis plant. Native to Central or South Asia, the cannabis plant has been used as a drug for both recreational and entheogenic purposes and in various tra ...

are also common. ''Busted'' began airing in summer 2008. The stories are shown from the officers' point of view with the arrested's video commentary added in. In September 2008, the show's film crews were present during a tasering incident, which resulted in a 19-year-old young man dying at the hands of police in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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* 2008 American television series debuts 2008 American television series endings 2000s American reality television series MTV original programming {{US-reality-tv-stub