Kojo Koram with Quinn Slobodian and Shaleen Title

Join us at Brookline Booksmith to celebrate the release of The Next Fix with author Kojo Koram, in conversation with Quinn Slobodian and Shaleen Title.

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The Next Fix: The Winners and Losers in the Future of Drugs

A GRIPPING GLOBAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE CHANGING WORLD OF RECREATIONAL DRUGS – WHO PROFITS, WHO SUFFERS AND WHAT WILL FOLLOW THE WAR ON DRUGS

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.

This is not a polemic for or against legalization. It is a powerful, clear-eyed reckoning with how we got here—and what kind of future is taking shape in a world addicted to economic “fixes” every bit as much as it is troubled by drugs. Combining report­age, political analysis and vivid personal testimony, The Next Fix tells the untold story of drugs, capital­ism and inequality in the twenty-first century.

Kojo Koram is an author and professor, teaching at the School of Law at Loughborough University. He is the author of Uncommon Wealth: Britain and the Aftermath of Empire (John Murray 2022)

Quinn Slobodian is professor of international history at Boston University, and the author of several books including mostly recently Muskism with Ben Tarnoff. His previous book, Hayek’s Bastards, won the National Book Critics Circle award for for Criticism.

Shaleen Title is a lawyer and activist focused on the regulation of emerging industries, including cannabis and AI. She directs the Parabola Center for Law and Policy, serves as of counsel at Rudick Law Group, and teaches at Roger Williams University.

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Brookline Booksmith, thriving in the heart of Coolidge Corner in Brookline, Massachusetts, since 1961, is one of New England’s premier independent bookstores. We offer a vast selection of books, ranging from current bestsellers to the most eclectic titles. We are also known for our beautiful and inspired gifts. Customers buy and sell gently used books in our treasured Used Book Cellar and enjoy our bountiful bargain book selection. We host award-winning events series (including our groundbreaking Transnational Literature Series), offering more than 300 author talks, community conversations, and book clubs annually. Find more at brooklinebooksmith.com!