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.
Reducing Harms and Managing Risks
This week, we listen to parts of a debate in the Scottish Parliament on
whether, and how, to establish supervised injection facilities and safe
consumption spaces. The motion to do so was introduced by the ruling Scottish
National Party, a...
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This week on Century, we hear about drug consumer safety from Mark Miller,
former director of the University of Oregon Drug Information Center, and
Jennifer Burbank Roch, member of the board of directors for Mothers Against
Misuse and Abuse. Plus, New York City Mayor Bill D...
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This week, host Doug McVay talks to students about harm reduction in a time
of drug war, plus we hear from delegates from Czech Republic, Costa Rica, and
Australia about decriminalization, human rights, harm reduction, and
international drug policy reform.
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This week: the executive director of Law Enforcement Action Partnership
(LEAP), Major Neill Franklin (Baltimore Police Department, retired), speaks
about drug policy reform and the Art of War, from #SSDP2018 the 2018 Students
for Sensible Drug Policy Conference in Baltimore...
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This week we bring you voices from the March For Our Lives that took place in
Washington, DC on March 24, including Sarah Chadwick from Parkland, FL, Edna
Chavez from Los Angeles, CA, Alex Wind from Parkland, FL, Christopher
Underwood from Brooklyn, NY, Jaclyn Corin, Parkla...
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This week we look at human rights and the drug war and hear from Maricela
Orozco, a member of the Familiares en Búsqueda María Herrera collective, a
group of family members of the disappeared organized in several states across
Mexico; plus we take a look at the new owner of...
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The New Jersey Legislature is considering how to decriminalize and legally
regulate the adult social use marijuana market -- yes, that New Jersey. On
this edition of Century of Lies, we hear from Shaleen Title, a Commissioner
with the Massachusetts State Cannabis Control Co...
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This week: the first 60 days of Prop 64. We hear from CA State Senator Mike
McGuire, CA State Assembly Member Jim Wood, Tim Ricard with the Sonoma County
Economic Development Board, Hezekiah Allen with the California Growers
Association, and Amanda Reiman, PhD.
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This week, we discuss pain and pain treatment with Professor Beth Darnall,
PhD, a pain psychologist, clinical scientist, and clinical professor at
Stanford University.
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An effort in the state of Colorado to prevent overdose deaths suffered a
setback in the Colorado Legislature on February 14. The Co Senate's State,
Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee held a hearing on Senate Bill 40, a
measure "providing immunity for individuals who p...
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