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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Drug Policy, Health, and Human Rights

Airs at: Wed, 06/14/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
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This week on Century of Lies: Drug Policy, Health, and Human Rights. Host Doug McVay is joined in conversation by Professor Jagpreet Chhatwal, PhD, Director of the MGH Institute for Technology Assessment and an associate professor at Harvard Medical School, and one of the c... Read more

Minnesota Approves Safe Consumption Sites

Airs at: Wed, 06/07/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century of Lies: Minnesota Approves Safe Consumption Sites. The state of Minnesota has adopted legislation allowing the establishment of safe consumption sites, becoming the second state in the US to do so. Meanwhile an effort to approve safe consumption sites ... Read more

Stopping the HALT Act

Airs at: Mon, 06/05/2023 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
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On May 25, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl (HALT) Act (H.R. 467). The bill expands mandatory minimums for fentanyl analogue cases and permanently schedules all fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I, without first test... Read more

The Global Overdose Crisis

Airs at: Wed, 05/31/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century of Lies: The Global Overdose Crisis. The Seventy-Sixth World Health Assembly was held recently in Geneva, Switzerland. Among the side events at this year’s Assembly, UNAIDS and the Open Society Foundation hosted a discussion entitled “Responding to the ... Read more

Harm Reduction On The Agenda In Maine

Airs at: Wed, 05/24/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century of Lies: Harm Reduction On The Agenda In Maine. LD 1364, An Act to Prevent Opioid Overdose Deaths by Establishing Safe Consumption Sites, is making its way through the Maine legislature. We hear from the chief sponsor, State Representative Grayson Lookn... Read more

Defending the Humanity of People Who Sell Drugs

Airs at: Wed, 05/17/2023 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
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On this edition of Free Culture Radio, Defending the Humanity of People Who Sell Drugs: a conversation with Hilary Agro, an anthropology PhD student at the University of British Columbia and a researcher whose studies include drug policy, activism, and the harms of prohibit... Read more

Drug Workers and Decolonization

Airs at: Wed, 05/17/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century of Lies: Drug Workers, Decriminalization and Decolonization. Host Doug McVay is joined in conversation with Hilary Agro, an anthropology PhD student at the University of British Columbia and a researcher whose studies include drug policy, activism, and ... Read more

Safer Opioid Supply

Airs at: Wed, 05/10/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century of Lies: Safer Opioid Supply. The final evaluation report on the Safer Opioid Supply Program at Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre in Toronto, Ontario, has just been released. We hear about the report from Kate Atkinson, SOS Project Manager; Pa... Read more

False Doctrine: The "Constitutional" Sheriffs Movement

Airs at: Mon, 05/08/2023 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
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This week on Prison Pipeline: False Doctrine: The Constitutional Sheriffs Movement The Oregon Justice Resource Center has released a new report entitled “I Am The Law: The Rise of Oregon’s Constitutional Sheriffs.” To discuss this report and its implications, on this editi... Read more

Saving Lives In Rhode Island

Airs at: Wed, 05/03/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century of Lies: Saving Lives in Rhode Island. The state of Rhode Island is about to open the first state-authorized legal overdose prevention sites in the United States, so to hear more about this historic effort, on this edition of Century we’re joined by Col... Read more