S4E39: Canada & The U.S.A.: Drugs, Damn Drugs, and Politics - Michael W. Brown

Original Recording Date: 2025SEP03. 

Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch.

Views and opinions of the participants are their own.

TOPICS:

• Guest - Michael W. Brown - A former DEA Senior Special Agent with 32 years of experience. Mike spent 20 years working overseas in the Middle East, Southeast Asia and his last foreign tour was as the DEA Country Attaché for Myanmar. Now, he's the global director of counter-narcotics technology at Rigaku Analytical Devices, and host of the podcast, The Opioid Matrix: A Journey Into the Rabbit Hole.
  • Canada: an international narcotics manufacturing and distribution hub.
  • The fentanyl discussion and what you won't get from media.
  • U.S.-Canada border.
  • Who isn't playing nice and doing their part?
  • Solutions.

REFERENCES / RESOURCES:

Important Links:

1. Opioid Matrix: A Journey Into the Rabbit Hole on,
   • Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Arn07SMtGFyGbE3Tj1JxV 
   • Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-opioid-matrix-a-journey-into-the-rabbit-hole/id1625927161 
2. Rigaku Analytical Devices website: https://rigaku.com/ 

Profiles and Social Media:

1. Find Mike on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelwbrownusa 
2. Find Rigaku on:
   • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/RigakuAmericasCorp 
   • X: https://twitter.com/rigaku 
   • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rigaku-corp/ 
   • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rigaku_corporation/ 
   • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RigakuCorp