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.
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This week on Century: Faith, Community, and Harm Reduction. We hear from
Naomi Burke-Shyne, Executive Director of Harm Reduction International, about
The Global State of Harm Reduction; we hear more about harm reduction from
Ricky Bluthenthal, PhD, Associate Dean for Social...
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Health Poverty Action is a nongovernmental organization based in the United
Kingdom. They’ve been looking recently at drug policies in the context of
sustainable development in order to, in their words “build a new approach
to drugs that prioritizes, promotes, and protects ...
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The United Religions Initiative along with Alliance India recently hosted a
dialogue entitled “Human Rights & Faith For People Who Use Drugs in Times
of Pandemic.” We hear from two of the speakers: Ira Madan, Senior Regional
Advocacy Officer, Drug Use & Harm Reduction, at A...
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The European Monitoring Center on Drugs and Drug Addiction has been holding a
series of panel discussions on the impact of Covid-19 on drug markets and on
people who use drugs. EMCDDA’s most recent webinar was entitled “Covid-19
induced recession and drug related problems. ...
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This week on Century: The Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political
Repression recently held a People’s Hearing Against Racist and Political
Repression. We hear from some of the speakers including Frank Chapman, a
leader of the National Alliance Against Racist and Polit...
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The House of Representatives approved HR 3884, the Marijuana Opportunity,
Reinvestment, and Expungement Act of 2019, we hear from one of the sponsors,
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR); the Commission on Narcotic Drugs changed the
international scheduling of marijuana, we hear fr...
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The city of Vancouver, BC, is asking the Canadian federal government for an
exemption to national drug laws in order to allow the city to decriminalize
simple possession of currently illegal drugs. On today’s show we hear from
Donald MacPherson, Executive Director of the Ca...
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The Scottish Drugs Forum recently held a webinar on a new set of medication
assisted treatment standards. We hear from Dr. Duncan McCormick, Chair of the
Drug Death Task Force MAT Subgroup; Elinor Dickie, Organizational Lead for
Public Health Scotland; and Tracey Clusker, a...
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The European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs, ESPAD for
short, is a collaborative effort of research teams in more than 40 European
countries and the largest cross-national research project on adolescent
substance use in the world. On this edition of Centur...
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Oregon Ballot Measure 110, the Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act, was
approved overwhelmingly by voters in the November general election. On this
edition of Century of Lies we speak with Haven Wheelock, MPH, one of the
chief petitioners for Measure 110, about the vo...
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