The Opioid Matrix: A Journey Into the Rabbit Hole Podcast
1) Unchained: Rewriting a Legacy Beyond Addiction
Generational addiction isn’t just a theory - it’s a reality in homes across America. But what does it take to truly break the cycle?In this deeply personal episode of The Opioid Matrix, Michael Brown ...Show More
2) Quiet Crisis: Cartel Influence in Canada
In this episode of The Opioid Matrix, host Michael Brown speaks with Chris Hudson, a Canadian security expert and CEO of CJE Hudson & Associates, to examine how the global fentanyl trade is evolving—a...Show More
3) The Fentanyl Equation: Science Fights Back
Three hundred thousand American deaths in three years…and the chemistry is still evolving. If the cartels turned the lab into the battlefield, why haven’t we brought our own defenses?In this investiga...Show More
4) Fighting Fentanyl at the Root: Why Every City Needs Project SMART
Fentanyl isn’t just stealing lives—it’s exposing a broken system. Year after year, billions are spent on programs that barely move the needle, while families keep losing loved ones. But what if the so...Show More
5) From Most Wanted to Most Trusted: The Double Life of a Law Enforcement Informant
What if the people we locked away for drug crimes were running million-dollar trafficking empires—from behind bars?In this explosive episode, we sit down with Benjamin Freedland—once a mid-level traff...Show More
From Most Wanted to Most Trusted: The Double Life of a Law Enforcement Informant
51:29 | Aug 19th, 2025
6) California: Sanctuary City Policies, Homelessness and Cartel Fentanyl, where does this Road Lead to?
While overdose deaths climb and homelessness surges, billions in taxpayer dollars disappear into broken systems and half-hearted solutions. And beneath it all, an industrial-sized drug economy thrives...Show More
7) Why does America Keep Losing the Same Drug War Over and Over Again?
The U.S. dismantled Colombia’s Cali Cartel with strategy, buy-in, and force. What are we doing wrong now that fentanyl is winning in the U.S.?Former DEA agent Chris Feistl helped take down one of hist...Show More
8) Former Shot Caller for the Sinaloa Cartel Reveals America’s New Strategies Against Cartels
Sealing borders won’t resolve the fentanyl crisis unless we rethink how domestic trafficking can be disrupted. In this episode, we welcome back Margarito “Jay” Flores Jr.—a former Sinaloa cartel kingp...Show More
9) A Doctor’s Journey: Seeking the Truth Behind his Son’s Fentanyl Death
In this episode, Michael Brown sits down with Dr. Gary Latson, a licensed anesthesiologist and father who lost his son to a fentanyl-laced substance. Dr. Latson brings over four decades of medical exp...Show More
10) Terror has a Name - Inside Los Zetas Cartel
In this gripping episode, we sit down with former DEA Special Agent and author Leo Silva to discuss the evolving landscape of the illicit drug trade and the growing sophistication of cartel operations...Show More