In this episode we interview Pauli Gray, a long time harm reductionist in San
Francisco. Pauli is currently the Hepatitis C program manager for syringe
access services for the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and we asked him to
speak to us about low barrier Hepatitis C servic...
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The Commission on Narcotic Drugs will soon hold its 62 annual session. The
CND meets from March 18 through 22 in Vienna, Austria. This year should be a
milestone. In 2009, member nations agreed to a political declaration with
targets in drug related indicators to be reached...
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This week on Century of Lies, I'm joined by Ngaio Bealum as we discuss
marijuana in California and his new YouTube show; we hear from UNODC's Angela
Me as she addresses the Commission on Narcotic Drugs; and we hear the results
from the 2018 Monitoring the Future Survey of y...
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As this edition of Free Culture Radio was being recorded, the US Senate
Judiciary Committee was considering the nomination of William Barr to be the
next US Attorney General. He’s a horrible nominee, for the sake of this
country he should be rejected, and on this edition of...
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This week, we hear from the DPA's Michael Collins about opposition to the
nomination of William Barr as US Attorney General, from IPS's Sanho Tree
about the folly of a border "wall," and from Compassionate Oregon's Anthony
Taylor about the state of marijuana legalization.
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This week on Century, we listen to a presentation by Stefan Kertesz, MD, from
the UAB School of Medicine, at a workshop entitled Pain and Symptom
Management for People with Serious Illness in the Context of the Opioid
Epidemic.
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Is there a way out of a mental health system gone mad? What are successful
alternative programs - and what makes them different? Connor Tindall is a
psychology student who worked at the innovative Soteria House Alaska
alternative, where compassionate respect for resident...
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This week on Century, we hear portions of a debate in the Denver City Council
on a measure to establish a safe consumption space in the city of Denver.
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Harm reduction interventions like syringe service programs and safe
consumption spaces serve many important purposes. First and foremost, they
save lives and reduce the transmission of disease. They also help to build
community among marginalized populations and aid with re...
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