Fickle Future

By: Ruben Estrada
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  • Summary

  • In Season Two of Fickle Future, explore the history of the commodification of psychoactive substances worldwide before diving into the current state of the War on Drugs in the United States, and where it may be heading. Episodes realeased every Thursday.
    Copyright Ruben Estrada
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Episodes
  • S2E6: The Origins of Cross Border Smuggling in North America

    S2E6: The Origins of Cross Border Smuggling in North America
    Nov 21 2024
    For over a hundred years now, the Mexico-U.S. border has been home to the smuggling of all sorts of psychoactive substances. This episode explores the birth of this century long phenomenon and how the actions of decades past continue to affect us to this day.
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    1 hr and 29 mins
  • S2E5: The U.S. Goes Synthetic

    S2E5: The U.S. Goes Synthetic
    Nov 14 2024
    The United States has had a long, complicated history with opioids. This episode explores the origins of this relationship which began in the midst of the Civil War, and how, over a century later, we are still aeffected by the policies and perspectives of the past.
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    59 mins
  • S2E4: A Brief History of Psychoactive Substances in Mexico

    S2E4: A Brief History of Psychoactive Substances in Mexico
    Oct 31 2024
    Before the Mexico-United States border became one of the main hubs for drug trafficking in the world, it had to exist in the first place. This episode dives into both how the country of Mexico itself was formed, and the ways psychoactive substance use in this land evlolved and changed along the way.
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    27 mins

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