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.
We interview journalist Maia Szalavitz and policy expert Sanho Tree about
this week's announcement that presidential adviser and spin doctor Kellyanne
Conway will head up the White House response to opioid issues.
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On Century of Lies this week: the city of Seattle adopted a new budget which
includes money to start up a supervised consumption facility so we hear from
Seattle residents Terina James and Marlys McConnell, as well as Seattle City
Council member Rob Johnson. Plus the UK Hou...
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On this edition of Century of Lies, we discuss stigma, language, mental
health, harm reduction, and drug policy reform with Sarah Merrigan, one of
the hosts of the This Week In Drugs podcast.
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The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is looking into setting up supervised
consumption facilities for people who use drugs. The Board's task force on
supervised consumption facilities delivered its report to SF's Health
Commission on November 7th, so this week on Centu...
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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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