On Drugs

Daemon Fairless

Booking Overview

On Drugs explores how substances—ranging from everyday medication to illicit drugs—have shaped history, pop culture, and lived experience. It offers PR-friendly angles on public health, policy, addiction, and drug science through real cases and expert-led discussions, which can attract both academic and industry voices.

Metrics

Episodes: 46

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: Canada

YouTube: 631.0k subscribers

Instagram: 775.0k followers

Contact Information

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Host

Daemon Fairless - Hosts On Drugs and guides listeners through investigative, history-and-culture driven explanations of how drugs affect the world. In the most recent episode described, he introduces a series about ...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Researchers and clinicians (e.g., PhD/MD), historians/academics, and public-health or ethics experts with subject-matter expertise in drug use, addiction, psychedelic therapy, or medical access/gatekeeping.

Required Achievements:

Clinical/academic specialization in relevant areas (psychedelic-assisted therapy, addiction, pharmacology, medical ethics), Published or taught expertise (implied by historian/doctor credentials)

Recent Guest Discussions

Dr. Hillary McBride - Psychedelics In Therapeutic Settings; Drug-assisted Therapy; Trauma Recovery

Dr. Ted Jablonski - Risks And Realities Of DIY Transition; Hormone Therapy Access And Safety

Samantha Rosenthal - History Of Medical Gatekeeping; Hormone Therapy Access

Recent Topics

Drug Policy, Addiction, Public Health, History, Psychedelics

Episodes

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On Drugs

On Drugs Introduces: Agent Layla

September 28, 2026

When she was 20 years old, something terrible happened to Vienna Luke. And for more than a decade, the truth of that night remains buried. But when Vienna becomes a mother, she realizes she must confront the past and uncover the truth – whatever the consequences for her family. Her sister Shawnessy comes aboard in the role of dogged detective and Vienna plays the secret agent in a relentless search for answers and justice. Personally: Agent Layla is a gripping true story about memory, family ...

On Drugs Introduces: Hunting the Suicide Salesman

June 03, 2026

Following the critically acclaimed series Hunting Warhead, Season 2: Hunting the Suicide Salesman follows host Daemon Fairless as he takes us inside another dark corner of the internet: the online world helping people take their own lives. When people around the world started killing themselves with an obscure substance a few years ago, police were unaware that something – someone – was tying many of these deaths together.It took grieving families and investigative journalists to piece togeth...

On Drugs Introduces | Other People’s Problems, on psychedelics

May 23, 2025

Normally, therapy sessions are totally confidential — but this podcast opens the doors. In this season of Other People’s Problems, Dr. Hillary McBride explores the transformative power of psychedelics in a therapeutic setting.With her psychological expertise, Dr. Hillary leads her clients through drug-assisted therapy, guiding them to new heights on their healing journeys. Experience these real, unscripted sessions firsthand as they unfold in each episode.This season offers an unprecedented l...

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