• Bonus - Drugs in America, Pt. 2 w/ Ben Fong (Preview)

  • Dec 8 2024
  • Length: 9 mins
  • Podcast

Bonus - Drugs in America, Pt. 2 w/ Ben Fong (Preview)

  • Summary

  • Danny and Derek welcome back to the show Ben Fong of Arizona State University for the second part of their discussion about his book Quick Fixes: Drugs in America from Prohibition to the 21st Century Binge. In this episode, they explore psychedelic drugs and their journey from CIA attempts at mind control to modern biohacking, the bourgeois, neoliberal drug of cocaine, the cultural connotations of its powder form vs crack, marijuana and the "green rush", and the quick fix of both using drugs and attempts at suppressing their usage. Check out more of Ben's work at his Substack on labor and logistics, On the Seams.
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