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.
Our coverage of the Drug Policy Alliance's International Reform Conference
#Reform17 continues, with guests Lynn Paltrow from National Advocates for
Pregnant Women, and Alix Lutnick, PhD, an author and a senior research
scientist at RTI International.
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Part three of our coverage of the Drug Policy Alliance's #Reform17
International Reform Conference, with GA state senate candidate Tamara
Johnson-Shealey, Dan Bigg from the Chicago Recovery Alliance, and Cyndee Clay
from HIPS DC.
Chicago Recovery Alliance
HIPS DC
Tamara ...
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Our special coverage of the Drug Policy Alliance's 2017 International Drug
Policy Reform Conference #Reform17 in Atlanta, Georgia, continues with
interviews with Nazlee Maghsoudi from the International Centre for Science in
Drug Policy; Steve Rolles from the Transform Drug ...
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Live from the Drug Policy Alliance's 2017 International Reform Conference, we
hear from South African researcher Shaun Shelly, Pastor Kenneth Glasgow from
The Ordinary Peoples' Society, and Drug Policy Alliance Executive Director
Maria McFarland Sanchez-Moreno.
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The UN Human Rights Council recently conducted its Universal Periodic Review
of human rights in the Philippines, so this week we hear from several
nongovernmental organizations concerned with human rights and the drug war.
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The UN's Commission on Narcotic Drugs held an intersessional meeting
September 26-28, 2017, to discuss the UNGASS outcome document. This week we
listen to part of their discussion on human rights and drug policies and hear
presentations from Zaved Mahmood, Rule of Law and D...
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The state of California is considering supervised consumption sites, and we
speak with Oregon State Senator Lew Frederick about racial profiling, drug
possession penalties, and House Bill 2355.
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This week: The feds release the results of the annual National Survey on Drug
Use and Health showing that in the time of legalization, use of marijuana and
other drugs by young people is declining; Senator Orrin Hatch
(R-UT) introduces a bill for pharmaceutical research on ...
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The #DisownStone campaign scored a win this week, we talk with Amanda Reiman,
PhD, about building a diverse, progressive cannabis industry, plus the
Rohrabacher-Blumenauer Amendment to protect medical cannabis programs is
blocked from consideration in the new budget so w...
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Live from Seattle, Washington, it's part three of our Hempfest 2017 Special
Coverage! This week, we feature audio from a panel at the Ric Smith Hemposium
Stage on Privilege and Inclusion in the Cannabis Industry, with: Betty
Aldworth, Executive Director of Students for Sens...
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