Laz recounts a harrowing story, which then leads to a conversation about drug use, addiction, music, and society. Skype got a little temperamental during the last few minutes of our recording, but it was nothing a few music breaks couldn’t fix.

Mortality Rates of Alcohol Withdrawal

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge

Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools

Danny Brown - Die Like a Rockstar

Crumb

Alcohol and Drugs: Untimely Celebrity Deaths

The United States’ War on Drugs

Race and the Drug War

Cesar Chavez

Music credits: Joe Arroyo.