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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Colombia Update

Airs at: Wed, 07/07/2021 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
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This week on Century of Lies we examine the protests rocking Colombia. Congress’s Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission held a hearing on the Colombia protests July First. We hear from three of the witnesses: Elizabeth Dickinson, a Senior Analyst for Colombia with the Internat... Read more

World Drug Day

Airs at: Wed, 06/30/2021 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
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On this edition of Century of Lies: Angela Me, chief of the UNODC Statistics and Surveys Section, on the release of World Drug Report 2021 #ShareFactsOnDrugs Read more

Drug Policy Reform and the Misuse of Drugs

Airs at: Wed, 06/23/2021 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century of Lies, drug policy reform moves forward around the world. In the US, Representative Cori Bush (D-MO) and Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) introduced the Drug Policy Reform Act on June 15. In Scotland, the Government has introduced a new drugs policy ... Read more

History of the Drug War: Part One

Airs at: Wed, 06/16/2021 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
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At a news conference on June 17, 1971, disgraced former president Richard Nixon announced the start of the modern American drug war. On this edition of Free Culture Radio, history of the drug war part one, from Nixon through Reagan. Read more

Human Rights and Dignity for People Who Use Drugs

Airs at: Wed, 06/16/2021 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
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The International Network of People Who Use Drugs organized a side event at the recent UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS, entitled “The Right to Rights: How do we get there for People who Use Drugs.” On this edition of Century of Lies we hear from two of th... Read more

Less Is More

Airs at: Mon, 06/14/2021 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Community organizers and social justice activists have just scored a major victory in the New York state legislature. On Thursday June 10, the New York State Senate and New York State Assembly passed S.1144A, entitled “Relates to revocation of community supervision” - a mod... Read more

Century Does Psychedelics

Airs at: Wed, 06/09/2021 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week: Century does psychedelics. We hear from Professor Peter Hendricks, PhD with the School of Public Health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham on special considerations for evaluating psilocybin-facilitated treatments in vulnerable populations; and from Jazmi... Read more

Research shows Medicare is better than private health insurance

Airs at: Wed, 06/02/2021 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
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  People who have employer-provided or privately purchased health insurance are more likely to experience medical debt, and more likely to postpone care because of cost, compared with people who are covered by public insurance, such as Medicare or Medicaid. Those are some... Read more

Decolonizing Drug Policy

Airs at: Wed, 06/02/2021 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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Harm Reduction International recently organized a panel discussion entitled “Decolonizing drug policy: Dismantling racism and colonialism through drug policy reform.” We hear from some of the speakers including Kojo Koram, a writer, attorney, and lecturer in law at the Birk... Read more

Nothing About Us Without Us

Airs at: Wed, 05/19/2021 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
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The International Network of People Who Use Drugs (INPUD) recently organized a panel discussion on why and how people who use drugs should be at the center of advancing policy towards decriminalization of drugs, drawing from examples of peer leadership on harm reduction and... Read more