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, it’s part one of our coverage of the 65th annual
session of the UN’s Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Austria, taking place
March 14-18 2022 in Vienna, Austria. We hear from Winnie Byanyima, Executive
Director of UNAIDS; Jamie Bridge, Chief Operating O...
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On this edition of Century, we speak with Joseph R. Friedman, MPH, an
addictions researcher and MD/PhD student at the Center for Social Medicine
and Humanities at UCLA, about overdose, harm reduction, and racial justice;
plus we hear from Dr. Christy Sutherland with the ...
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On this edition of Century of Lies, Imperialism and the War on Drugs: A
Conversation with Sanho Tree, Director of the Drug Policy Project at the
Institute for Policy Studies.
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The British Columbia Association of People on Opiate Maintenance (BCAPOM),
the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) and the Vancouver Area Network of Drug
Users (VANDU) broke the news that there were a total of 2224 drug poisoning
deaths in BC in calendar year 2021. In resp...
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On the new edition of Century we speak with author and journalist Donnell
Alexander about a series he’s written at CapitalAndMain.com entitled A Just
And Legal Weed: The Rocky Road For Black Cannabis Entrepreneurs Past and
Present; plus Natasha Touesnard with the Canadia...
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On the new edition of Century: Smriti Rana with Pallium India on barriers to
access to controlled pain medications and how to overcome them; plus Petra
Schulz from Moms Stop the Harm on the drug poisoning crisis in Alberta.
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On this edition of Century: Andrea Sereda, MD with the London (Ontario)
InterCommunity Health Center and Gillian Kolla, PhD with the Canadian
Institute for Substance Use Research at the University of Victoria discuss
the LIHC Safer Opioid Supply Program's impact and prog...
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On the new edition of Century: Newly-published research shows that compounds
in hemp may prevent coronavirus from entering human cells. We speak with lead
author Richard van Breemen, PhD, a Professor of Medicinal Chemistry in the
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Co...
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On this edition of Century of Lies, we discuss three principles for smarter,
more effective drug policies: guarantee access to a safe supply; provide
access to safe consumption spaces; and decriminalize people who use drugs.
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On this holiday edition of Century, Maia Szalavitz in an interview from 2016
on harm reduction and reporting on drugs, and Professor Kerwin Kaye in an
interview from 2020 on Synanon and punitive drug “treatment”.
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