EP. 932: THE NEXT FIX: THE WINNERS AND LOSSERS IN THE WAR ON DRUGS ft. KOJO KORAM

Get Kojo's book here: https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/3173-the-next-fix?srsltid=AfmBOopAYo4_8f5Iw8REExtq-wF60vYjZMUFWsEJC7bjTRWvJiVyGay0&fbclid=IwY2xjawUgvg5wZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMVRmZnFYa1dLdERsRjY1M2tzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeb8znQ7BbE5y2dJ0Yg669IHw8KG4xWj0XdHpXa-nHhfIO9UVLLlIIjcw92OM_aem_1fhHCrGjOfiWXYdmhpC9lQ   From America’s plantation-turned-prison known as Angola in Louisiana to the psychedelic boom of Silicon Valley, The Next Fix tracks a seismic shift in global drug policy. Kojo Koram—legal scholar and acclaimed author of Uncommon Wealth—travels across five continents to examine how criminalized substances are being rebranded as commodities in a new billion-dollar industry. Legal cannabis dispen­saries now trade in what once led to life sentences. Psychedelics have become fertile ground for biotech. But for all these developments, prisons still swell with underprivileged users and addicts, and enforcement falls hardest along lines of race and class.   We'll discuss.   Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop   READ THE WEEKLY TIR NEWSLETTER HERE: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1853497   Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined,BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron only programing, you'll get bonus content from many of the episodes, and you get MERCH!   Become a patron now https://www.patreon.com/join/BitterLakePresents?   Please also like, subscribe, and follow us on these platforms as well, (specially YouTube!)   THANKS Y'ALL   Nü TIR Merch Store: https://tirmerchstore.myshopify.com/   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG9WtLyoP9QU8sxuIfxk3egFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Thisisrevolutionpodcast/Twitter: @TIRShowOaklandInstagram: @thisisrevolutionoakland   Substack: https://jmylesoftir.substack.com/.../the-money-will-roll...   Read Jason Myles in Current Affairs Magazine here: https://www.currentaffairs.org/.../donald-trump-is-a-pro...Read Jason Myles in Damage Magazine https://damagemag.com/2023/11/07/the-man-who-sold-the-world/Read Jason in Black Agenda Report: https://www.blackagendareport.com/rainbow-and-machine