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Safer Opioid Supply

Airs at: Wed, 05/10/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Safer Opioid Supply. The final evaluation report on the Safer Opioid Supply Program at Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre in Toronto, Ontario, has just been released. We hear about the report from Kate Atkinson, SOS Project Manager; Pa... Read more

Saving Lives In Rhode Island

Airs at: Wed, 05/03/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Saving Lives in Rhode Island. The state of Rhode Island is about to open the first state-authorized legal overdose prevention sites in the United States, so to hear more about this historic effort, on this edition of Century we’re joined by Col... Read more

Music, Drugs, and Harm Reduction

Airs at: Wed, 04/26/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Music, Drugs, and Harm Reduction. We hear from Dr. Jodie Grigg, a Research Associate at the National Drug Research Institute at Curtin University in Perth and coordinator of the Western Australia arm of the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting S... Read more

Working to Save Lives in Maine

Airs at: Wed, 04/19/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Working to Save Lives in Maine. More and more US states are looking toward expansion of harm reduction services. On this edition of Century we look at a bill working its way through the Maine Legislature that would allow communities to establis... Read more

Drug Policy, Environmental Protection, and the Rights of Indigenous People

Airs at: Wed, 04/19/2023 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Free Culture Radio
On this edition of Free Culture Radio: Drug Policy, Environmental Protection, and the Rights of Indigenous People Efforts are ongoing around the world to better align national and international drug policies with other crucial areas of concern including protecting the envi... Read more

Washington State Post-Blake

Airs at: Wed, 04/12/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: New Washington State Drug Laws Post-Blake. Drug possession laws in Washington state were invalidated in 2021 by a state supreme court decision in the case of State v Blake. The legislature moved quickly to put some laws back in place but the me... Read more

Rewire Your Brain 2.0

Airs at: Sun, 04/16/2023 at 8:30am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Pathways
John Arden, PhD, author of Rewire Your Brain 2.0: Five Healthy Factors to a Better Life, is a psychologist with over 40 years of experience providing psychological services. As the former Director of Training for Kaiser Permanente in Northern California, he developed one of... Read more

Victim's Rights, Decriminalization, and Public Safety

Airs at: Mon, 04/10/2023 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
This week on Prison Pipeline: Victim’s Rights, Decriminalization, and Public Safety. On this edition of Prison Pipeline we hear from Lenore Anderson, Co-Founder and President of the Alliance for Safety and Justice, and Shakyra Diaz, Chief of Federal Advocacy at the Allianc... Read more

Solidarity and Community Mobilization

Airs at: Wed, 04/05/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Solidarity and Community Mobilization. We hear from Anton Basenko with the Ukrainian Network of People Who Use Drugs on the power of community mobilization in responding to the war in Ukraine, and from Magdalena Bartnik with the Precursor Found... Read more

Drugs and the Death Penalty

Airs at: Wed, 03/29/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Drugs and the Death Penalty. Harm Reduction International released a new report, The Death Penalty for Drug Offenses: Global Overview 2022. On this edition of Century we speak with the lead author, Ajeng Larasati, Human Rights Lead at HRI. Read more