224. Teun Voeten | The Devil's Drug

Episode 224 April 07, 2025 01:04:11
224. Teun Voeten | The Devil's Drug
High Truths on Drugs and Addiction
224. Teun Voeten | The Devil's Drug

Apr 07 2025 | 01:04:11

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Show Notes

Teun Voeten (www.teunvoeten.com ) is author of The Devil's Drug.  https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538198612/The-Devil's-Drug-The-Global-Emergence-of-Crystal-Meth

We discuss his new book. We also look at his photography work cover war, homeless and drugs - his captures the similarity in human suffering.

Teun Voeten studied cultural anthropology and philosophy at Leiden university. As a photographer he has been covering conflicts worldwide since 1991. Voeten wrote books on the underground homeless in New York, the civil war in Sierra Leone and wrote a PhD thesis on the drug violence in Mexico. For the city of Antwerp, he researched drug related crime. Early 2025, The Devil’s Drug: The Global Emergence of Crystal Meth will appear. Currently, Voeten is researching the fentanyl crisis on the West Coast of America, from Tijuana to Vancouver.

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