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 of Lies: An effort is underway in Oregon to
decriminalize simple possession of drugs, we hear audio from the launch
event and interviews with harm reduction activists Haven Wheelock, Bobby
Byrd, and Dr. Andy Seaman. Plus, the International Narcotics Con...
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This week on Century we speak with longtime activist, journalist, and radio
producer Lisa Loving about her book Street Journalist: Understand and Report
the News In Your Community. Plus we hear from Special Inspector General for
Afghanistan Reconstruction John Sopko about t...
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The city of Baltimore is one of the US cities discussing how to set up
supervised consumption facilities and overdose prevention sites. On today's
Century we hear from Christa Daring, Executive Director of the Sex Workers
Outreach Project USA; Rajani Gudlavalletti, Communit...
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This week on Century of Lies we're joined by Sanho Tree, Fellow at the
Institute for Policy Studies and Director of the IPS Drug Policy Project.
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This week on Century of Lies: The city of Baltimore considers supervised
consumption facilities; the state of Indiana takes a step backward in public
health; and we hear from the US Dept. of Health and Human Services about the
benefits of syringe service programs.
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On this edition of Century of Lies, we speak with Devin Reaves, MSW,
executive director of the Pennsylvania Harm Reduction Coalition. Plus more
from our conversation with Professor Kerwin Kaye, author of Enforcing
Freedom: Drug Courts, Therapeutic Communities, and the Intim...
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On this edition of Century of Lies, it’s part one of our conversation with
Kerwin Kaye, an associate professor of sociology, American studies, and
feminist, gender, and sexuality studies at Wesleyan University. Professor
Kaye is the author of a new book published by Columbi...
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The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Committee on
Energy and Commerce held a hearing January 14 entitled “A Public Health
Emergency: State Efforts to Curb the Opioid Crisis.”
On this edition of Century of Lies we hear from: Jennifer Smith, Secretary...
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Criminal justice reform and social justice are moving forward in New York
state.
The state of New York's Joint Senate Task Force on Opioids, Addiction, and
Overdose Prevention has been holding a series of hearings around the
state to hear from stakeholders on strategies fo...
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This week on Century of Lies we speak with Hawaii ophthalmologist and
medical cannabis advocate Dr. Clifton Otto, plus an April 2016 interview with
journalist and drug policy reformer Phil Smith.
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