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Human Rights and Decolonization

Airs at: Wed, 03/15/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Human Rights and Decolonization. The Sixty-Sixth Session of the UN’s Commission on Narcotic Drugs meets in Vienna, Austria from March 13-17 this year. We hear powerful statements on decolonization and human rights from Bolivian Vice President D... Read more

Love In The Time Of Fentanyl

Airs at: Wed, 03/15/2023 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Free Culture Radio
Safe supply, safe spaces to consume, and the decriminalization of people who use drugs: a conversation with Haven Wheelock, Drug Users Health Services Program Coordinator at Portland-area nonprofit Outside In. Haven and host Doug McVay also discuss the new documentary Love ... Read more

Compassion Gains Ground in Colorado

Airs at: Wed, 03/08/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Compassion Gains Ground in Colorado. The Colorado Legislature is considering whether to allow municipalities in that state to save lives by authorizing the operation of overdose prevention centers. We hear from two of the co-sponsors of House B... Read more

Drug Checking and Safe Supply

Airs at: Wed, 03/01/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Drug Checking and Safe Supply. We hear from Professor Mal McLeod with the Australian National University’s College of Science on delivering the CanTEST Health and Drug Checking Service. Plus we hear from Dylan Griffith, founder of the Kootenay ... Read more

Memory Activism: The Panther Platform, Police & Prisons

Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Adam Carpinelli interviews Damaris Webb, Bruce Poinsette and Michael Bernard Stevenson Jr. from The Vanport Mosaic, a local organization celebrating Black History Month with special community discussions on prisons and policing.   The community organizing event  featured th... Read more

Methamphetamine and Harm Reduction

Airs at: Wed, 02/22/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Methamphetamine and Harm Reduction. We hear from Doctor Gabriela Barbaglia, Senior Medical Officer of the Prevention and Care of Substance Abuse Service and a professor at Pompeu Fabra University, and Ester Aranda, Manager of Harm Reduction Pro... Read more

The State of Harm Reduction

Airs at: Wed, 02/15/2023 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Free Culture Radio
On this edition of Free Culture Radio: The State of Harm Reduction. We hear about the State of Harm Reduction Services in the US from Corey Davis, Director of the Harm Reduction Legal Project, and Mark Jenkins, Founder and Executive Director of the Connecticut Harm Reductio... Read more

Unlocking The Gates

Airs at: Mon, 02/13/2023 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
This week on Prison Pipeline: Unlocking the Gates – a conversation with Doctor Heather Palis, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia, at the BC Centre for Disease Control, and BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services, ... Read more

Harm Reduction in Oregon and California

Airs at: Wed, 02/01/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Harm Reduction in Oregon and California. The state of Oregon is considering a measure to expand and enhance harm reduction services. We hear from Oregon State Representative Maxine Dexter, MD, lead sponsor of House Bill 2395, the Opioid Harm Re... Read more

Defending Our Gains, Advancing Further Reforms

Airs at: Mon, 01/23/2023 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
The Oregon Legislature's 2023 session is underway. Measure 110 reforms and other good, effective, humane policies are under threat by drug war zealots along with some well-intentioned yet sadly misguided souls. To learn more about this year's legislative session, host Doug ... Read more