I hope this is the right place for this. I am almost sure that this story was featured on Escape Pod, though I suppose it might have been on a sister channel. I listened to the podcast a lot in the early 2010 range, give or take a year? One episode had a one-off story about a woman who was upper-middle class, a teenager I think, and recreationally took a drug called 'match' or 'matchstick' and go clubbing. Later on, she needed to get a day-job and give up on college. It drew parallels between recreational drugs and business-acceptable 'drugs' like coffee. A commentary on drugs and classism.
This story has been haunting me lately and I have been trying to track it down, but just searching 'match' or 'matchstick' has proven too generic to turn up anything helpful.
A less pressing story in my mind is from the same time frame, about a woman who carved gems to create dreams for her customers. She became obsessed with a woman and the woman's image kept slipping into the gems she cut on commission.
Thank you in advance for any help you might be able to provide, I wish I could remember more and I will add anything if it comes back to me.