Drug Futurisms

Drug Futurisms


Latest Episodes

Bonus Episode 1 – Unionizing Harm Reduction w/ Jacob Clary
December 08, 2022

In our first bonus episode, Alex is joined by Jacob Clary to discuss the labour movement, harm reduction and unionization. Jacob is a union member at a harm reduction org in NY state, and discusses th

7 From Just Coca to Crack Vapes
May 25, 2022

Pharmability, the feasibility to refine materials to drugs by chemical synthesis, purification etc. Fabian Steinmetz & Maja Kohek What would it take to grow enough opium poppies for heroin, or c

6 Hormonic Resonances
April 07, 2022

You cant crush ideas by suppressing them. You can only crush them by ignoring them. By refusing to think, refusing to change. Ursula K. LeGuin, The Dispossessed *we highly recommend you read A

5 Sexy Space Drugs in Post-Prohibitionist Afro Futurisms
March 09, 2022

You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time Angela Davis In this episode we get high on alien drugs in a totally sexy way with Mallo

4 Breakfast in Latin America Part II
November 27, 2021

See the show notes from Part I for more details Pura Vida

4 Breakfast in Latin America Part I
November 26, 2021

Who believes today that the war on drug trafficking is achieving victories? Quite the opposite. Its been a resounding failure Juan Ramn Quintana, MAS Minister of the Presidency under Evo Morales

3.5 Looking Back to the Future
November 15, 2021

The way I see it, if youre gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style? Doc Brown, Back to the Future Clarie & Alex take a moment to talk about the previous episodes, wha

3 Uprooting Prohibited Futures w/ Garth Mullins
October 20, 2021

What is the future we dream of? It is tearing up the drug war by the root. And to me, the roots are in capitalism Garth Mullins One persons now is another persons future. In times of crisis maki

2 Experimenting to the Future
September 23, 2021

“Harm reduction is a dynamic response to a fundamentally hostile world … a strategy of resistance that at its best can build justice and is love.” – Karen Ward*   “Meet people where they’re at”, is ea

1 The Dose Makes the Future w/ Ryan Marino
September 08, 2021

The dose makes the poison Paracelsus (Father of Toxicology) To get to a different future we not only have to imagine what could be, but help others see what is. Few have spent more time busting