Doug McVay

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Doug McVay

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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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Law Enforcement Support For Harm Reduction

Airs at: Wed, 07/17/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am

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The Scottish Affairs Committee of the UK House of Commons held a hearing on drug policy recently and heard from high-ranking active-duty police officers about the need for harm reduction, including supervised consumption facilities, and decriminalization of simple possessio... Read more

World Drug Report

Airs at: Wed, 07/10/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am

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This week on Century: Heather Haase with the New York NGO Committee, Jamie Bridge with the Vienna NGO Committee, Benjamin Phillips with the Harm Reduction Coalition, and representatives from UN AIDS, InterPol, and UNODC discuss the global drug situation and UNODC's newly-re... Read more

Prison Pipeline on 07/08/19

Airs at: Mon, 07/08/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

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Conversations with Vivian McPeak and Michael Krawitz

Airs at: Wed, 07/03/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am

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On this edition of Century of Lies we speak with Vivian McPeak, Executive Director of Seattle Hempfest, about partial success in an ongoing battle with Washington state over free speech issues; plus we speak with Michael Krawitz from Veterans for Medical Cannabis Access abo... Read more

Oregon Legislative Wrap-Up

Airs at: Mon, 07/01/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

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The Oregon State Legislature adjourned Sine Die on Sunday, June 30, ending the 2019 regular legislative session. A number of bills to reform Oregon's criminal justice were passed this year including a major juvenile justice reform package. This week on Prison Pipeline we di... Read more

International Rescheduling of Cannabis

Airs at: Wed, 06/26/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am

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The Commission on Narcotic Drugs met in Vienna on Monday June 24 to hear a report by the World Health Organization's Expert Committee on Drug Dependence recommending that cannabis be rescheduled and removed from the list of banned substances. Read more

Juneteenth Special

Airs at: Wed, 06/19/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

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June 19 is Juneteenth. Forty-five states and the District of Columbia recognize Juneteenth as a holiday or a holiday observance. Since this edition of Free Culture Radio is being recorded on and will be broadcast on June 19, we make a technical departure from our usual cove... Read more

Hari Jones on Juneteenth

Airs at: Wed, 06/19/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am

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This week on Century, historian and author Hari Jones speaks about Juneteenth, and the California State Assembly approves a measure to allow San Francisco to set up a supervised consumption facility. Read more

Cannabis Use by Older Adults

Airs at: Wed, 06/12/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am

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This week we talk with Seattle Hempfest Executive Director Vivian McPeak about a lawsuit they've filed against the state over onerous restrictions on cannabis businesses, and we talk with Julie Bobitt, PhD, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign about her resea... Read more

Health and Harm Reduction Part Two

Airs at: Wed, 06/05/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am

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This week on Century of Lies, we continue our conversation with Keith Brown, MPH, Director of Health and Harm Reduction at the Katal Center for Health, Equity, and Justice; plus, we hear from Matt Simon, New England Political Director for the Marijuana Policy Project, about... Read more

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