Professor, author and journalist Kojo Koram visits Foyles to discuss the publication of his newest book 'The Next Fix' with Vicky Spratt.About this Event
The question is no longer if we should legalise drugs. It's: what happens when we do?
The future of drugs is here, and it's dangerously unequal. Over the last decade, the status quo around drugs has collapsed. Drugs once sold as safe cures have been revealed as ineffective or dangerous, while substances criminalised for generations are being reborn as breakthrough mental health treatments, wellness supplements, Silicon productivity tools and billion-dollar investment opportunities. How did this reversal happen -- and who stands to benefit?
Kojo Koram is a Professor of Law, author and investigative journalist. This year he co-founded a new global research centre at Loughborough University which will examine how drug markets are changing. Born in Ghana and raised on Merseyside, he is now based in London. In addition to his academic work, he regularly contributes to the Guardian and Novara Media and has also written for the New Statesman and NYT. He is the author of Uncommon Wealth (2022) which won the English PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize, was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing and the Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing and was a Guardian book of the year.
Vicky Spratt is an award-winning journalist, author, and housing rights advocate. She has been shortlisted for the Orwell Prize two years in a row (2023, 2024). Her first book, Tenants, was an FT book of the year in 2022. Vicky’s second book, We Were Promised The Moon, will be published in 2026 with Fourth Estate. Vicky is a correspondent and columnist at The i Paper, and her writing is also in demand from other publications such as ELLE and Refinery29. You’ll find Vicky regularly on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Newsnight, Radio 4, the Andrew Marr Show on LBC, and the Newsagents.
The discussion will be followed by an audience Q&A and book signing.
Tickets: £10 General Admission, £8 Foyalty Member / £25 Book and Ticket, inc. a copy of The Next Fix (RRP £22).
Venue: The Auditorium (Level 6) at Foyles, 107 Charing Cross Road*
*Please note that the Auditorium at Foyles is fully accessible from the Ground floor lifts.
Event Venue
Foyles, 107 Charing Cross Road, London, United Kingdom
GBP 8.00 to GBP 25.00
