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 of Lies: Public Health, Social, and Equity Impact of
Marijuana Policies.
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Committee
on the Public Health Consequences of Changes in the Cannabis Policy Landscape
held its third full meeting...
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This week on Century of Lies: Aging, Stigma, and Recovery.
The US Senate Committee on Aging held a hearing recently entitled
“Understanding a Growing Crisis: Substance Use Trends Among Older
Adults.” We hear from one of the witnesses, William Stauffer, Executive
Director o...
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This week on Century of Lies: Public Health Approaches to Perinatal Substance
Use.
The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs and the Association of
State and Territorial Health Officials held a launch event December 19 to
announce the release of a special issue o...
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In 2019, the UN’s Commission on Narcotic Drugs issued a Ministerial
Declaration on drugs, which laid down the main objectives of the
international community in addressing the world drug situation for a 10-year
period. The CND plans a mid-term review of that Declaration in 2...
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This week on Century of Lies: Synthetic Realities and the Iron Law of
Prohibition.
The International Drug Policy Consortium recently hosted a fascinating
discussion on new and emerging drugs entitled “Synthetic Realities: Global
drug policies beyond the ‘new threat’ narrat...
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This week on Century of Lies: Human Rights and World Drug Policies.
At the recently-concluded meeting of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in
Vienna, Austria, the International Drug Policy Consortium, along with some
national delegations and UN agencies, held a special event...
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This week on Century of Lies: Charting a New Course.
In preparation for its 2024 Mid-Term Review, the UN’s Commission on
Narcotic Drugs has been conducting a stock-taking of progress made in
addressing several challenges that were identified in CND’s 2019
Ministerial Decla...
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This week on Century of Lies: World AIDS Day 2023.
Ahead of World AIDS Day, which is December First, Georgetown University’s
Global HIV Policy Lab has released a new report entitled “Progress and the
Peril: HIV and the Global De/criminalization of Same-Sex Sex.” On this
we...
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This week on Century of Lies: Regulating Psychedelics.
The Transform Drug Policy Foundation has released a new publication entitled
“How To Regulate Psychedelics: A Practical Guide,” which looks at how to
shape policy and regulation for psychedelics outside the medical sphe...
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This week on Century of Lies: Combating Carveouts. Legislative carveouts can
negate drug policy and criminal justice reforms. On this week’s Century, we
hear from Sarah Staudt, Policy & Advocacy Director at the Prison Policy
Initiative, combating legislative carveouts in cr...
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