Doug McVay

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Doug McVay
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Free Culture Radio, Century Of Lies, Prison Pipeline
Editor, public policy researcher/analyst, journalist

Host of Free Culture Radio, which airs on the 3rd Wednesday of each month from 6:30 - 7 pm. Please check out the Free Culture Radio page on Facebook and give it a like!

Doug McVay is an editor, journalist, researcher, and social justice advocate. He first became active in drug policy reform efforts when he organized a NORML chapter at the University of Iowa in 1983.

At KBOO, Doug volunteers in the News and Public Affairs departments, where he reports, does interviews, and produces public affairs programs including Century of Lies, Free Culture Radio, and the occasional edition of Prison Pipeline. He's been a producer on the evening news and has from time to time co-anchored the evening news.

He is employed by the Real Reporting Foundation and serves as Editor of Health Systems Facts and Drug Policy Facts.

Twitter: @DougMcVay.

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Saving Lives With Safer Supply

Airs at: Wed, 07/26/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
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This week on Century of Lies: Saving Lives With Safer Supply. The National Safer Supply Community of Practice released a new community report entitled Prescription For Safety: A Study of Safer Opioid Supply Programs in Ontario. We hear from some of the report's co-authors i... Read more

Fentanyl in the Pacific Northwest

Airs at: Wed, 07/19/2023 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
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On this edition of Free Culture Radio: Fentanyl in the Pacific Northwest. The Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute at the University of Washington has issued a new report entitled “Unmet Needs, Complex Motivations, and Ideal Care for People Using Fentanyl in Washington Stat... Read more

Fentanyl and Safer Smoking Kits

Airs at: Wed, 07/19/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century of Lies: Fentanyl and Safer Smoking Kits. We’re joined in conversation by Haven Wheelock, Harm Reduction Services Manager at Outside In, to discuss fentanyl, smoking as an alternative to injection, and safer smoking kits. Plus, the Addictions, Drug & Al... Read more

Toolkits for Reform

Airs at: Mon, 07/17/2023 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
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This week on Prison Pipeline: Toolkits for Reform - A Conversation with Wanda Bertram, Communications Strategist at the Prison Policy Initiative. Criminal legal system reforms are being introduced at a rapid pace across the United States, often with the stated goal of reduc... Read more

Scotland Takes a Stand

Airs at: Wed, 07/12/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century of Lies: Scotland Takes A Stand. The Government of Scotland has issued a paper entitled “A Caring, Compassionate and Human Rights Informed Drug Policy for Scotland” that calls for a veritable revolution in drug policy including heroin treatment, safe c... Read more

Indigenous Rights, Colonialism, and Psychedelic Exploitation

Airs at: Wed, 07/05/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century of Lies: Indigenous Rights, Colonialism, and Exploitation. We hear audio from an indigenous rights/anti-colonialism protest that interrupted the closing ceremony of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies’ fourth Psychedelic Science co... Read more

Prison Pipeline on 07/03/23

Airs at: Mon, 07/03/2023 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
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A Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use

Airs at: Wed, 06/28/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century of Lies: A Citizens’ Assembly On Drugs Use. The government of the Republic of Ireland has established a Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use to “consider the legislative, policy and operational changes Ireland could make to significantly reduce the harmful i... Read more

Drugs, Law Enforcement, and Public Health

Airs at: Wed, 06/21/2023 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
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On this edition of Free Culture Radio: Drugs, Law Enforcement, and Public Health - A conversation with Doctor Bradley Ray, a Senior Justice and Behavioral Health Researcher at RTI International and one of the co-authors of an article entitled “Spatiotemporal Analysis Explor... Read more

Drug Arrests, Overdose, and Treatment

Airs at: Wed, 06/21/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century of Lies: Drug Arrests, Overdose, and Treatment. We’re joined in conversation by Caroline A. King, MD, PhD, a first year resident in the Yale-New Haven Emergency Medicine Residency Training Program and co-author of a research letter entitled “Treatments ... Read more