Century Of Lies is a weekly half-hour show focused on drug policy reform and the failed war on drugs. The show explores public health, criminal justice, social justice, and other policies related to drugs in the US and abroad, and includes news reports, commentary, interviews, and other recorded segments. Century of Lies is a production of the Drug Truth Network and is syndicated via the Pacifica Foundation Radio Network.
This week on Century: The Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political
Repression recently held a People’s Hearing Against Racist and Political
Repression. We hear from some of the speakers including Frank Chapman, a
leader of the National Alliance Against Racist and Polit...
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The House of Representatives approved HR 3884, the Marijuana Opportunity,
Reinvestment, and Expungement Act of 2019, we hear from one of the sponsors,
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR); the Commission on Narcotic Drugs changed the
international scheduling of marijuana, we hear fr...
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The city of Vancouver, BC, is asking the Canadian federal government for an
exemption to national drug laws in order to allow the city to decriminalize
simple possession of currently illegal drugs. On today’s show we hear from
Donald MacPherson, Executive Director of the Ca...
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The Scottish Drugs Forum recently held a webinar on a new set of medication
assisted treatment standards. We hear from Dr. Duncan McCormick, Chair of the
Drug Death Task Force MAT Subgroup; Elinor Dickie, Organizational Lead for
Public Health Scotland; and Tracey Clusker, a...
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The European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs, ESPAD for
short, is a collaborative effort of research teams in more than 40 European
countries and the largest cross-national research project on adolescent
substance use in the world. On this edition of Centur...
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Oregon Ballot Measure 110, the Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act, was
approved overwhelmingly by voters in the November general election. On this
edition of Century of Lies we speak with Haven Wheelock, MPH, one of the
chief petitioners for Measure 110, about the vo...
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This week on Century: International drug policy reform, featuring Bishnu
Sharma, Executive Director of the nongovernmental organization Recovering
Nepal; Doctor Justice Tettey, he heads up UNODC’s Laboratory and Scientific
Section; and Doctor David Nutt, the Edmond J. Safra...
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On this edition of Century of Lies: Dr. Emily Wang, Associate Professor of
Medicine at Yale School of Medicine, on the new report by NASEM entitled
Decarcerating Correctional Facilities During COVID-19: Advancing Health,
Equity, and Safety. Plus, Lorenzo Uribe, a graduate s...
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Live from this year’s virtual Seattle Hempfest, a discussion of activist
journalism featuring Kymone Freeman, a writer and organizer who co-founded
and operates a radio station in DC called WeAct Radio; Vanessa Maria Graber,
a journalist and radio producer from Philadelphia...
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Undoing The War On Drugs: Hope, Healing, and Measure 110. The Partnership for
Safety and Justice recently held a webinar on Oregon Ballot Measure 110, the
Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act. We’ll hear some of the speakers
including Andy Ko, the executive director of...
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