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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Youth Advocacy in Pakistan

Airs at: Sun, 05/07/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am

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This week on Century Of Lies, we hear from Wiqas Ahmad, a drug policy reform activist and youth advocate based in Pakistan. Plus, skeletons in Congressman Tom Marino's closet have popped the White House's trial balloon about Marino becoming the next Drug Czar, and a leaked ... Read more

Minority Cannabis Business Association

Airs at: Sun, 04/30/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am

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This week we talk with Jesce Horton from the Minority Cannabis Business Association and Patricia Sully from VOCAL-Washington and the Public Defender Association of King County, plus MAPS Executive Director Rick Doblin testifies before the US Sentencing Commission on synthet... Read more

Medical Marijuana Saves Lives and Money

Airs at: Sun, 04/23/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am

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This week: Professor David Bradford on his research that show billions of dollars and countless lives are saved in the US because of medical marijuana, and we look at the Secretary of Homeland Security, Marine General (Ret.) John Kelly. Read more

Reducing Risk and Minimizing Harm Part Two

Airs at: Wed, 04/19/2017 at 6:30pm

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Jerry's dead, and most of us (well, some of us) have traded our tie-dyes for suits and ties, yet shows still go on. These days, people are doing a lot more than just weed, LSD, and mushrooms -- not that any of us ever did that stuff, officer. Join us on this edition of Free... Read more

Raising The Age

Airs at: Mon, 04/17/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

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Over the last decade, half the states where 16-or-17-year-olds (or both) were under adult court jurisdiction “raised the age” so that justice system involved young people are served by the juvenile justice system, cutting the number of youth in the adult system by about hal... Read more

Long Live the Czar

Airs at: Sun, 04/16/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am

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This week we take a look at the likely next Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (the "Drug Czar"), US Rep. Tom Marino (R-PA). Read more

#SSDP2017 Part Two

Airs at: Sun, 04/09/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am

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This week on Century Of Lies, part two of our coverage of the Students for Sensible Drug Policy conference #SSDP2017, including our full interview with SSDP Executive Director Betty Aldworth. We also talk about the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) Program with Krys... Read more

Students for Sensible Drug Policy

Airs at: Sun, 04/02/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am

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Part one of our coverage of the Students for Sensible Drug Policy conference, with SSDP Executive Director Betty Aldworth and Deputy Director Stacia Cosner, plus Nazlee Maghsoudi with the International Center for Science in Drug Policy. Students for Sensible Drug Policy Read more

Harm Reduction Moves Foward

Airs at: Sun, 03/26/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am

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This week: The Indiana State Senate holds a hearing on syringe exchange, plus Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo speaks out against the campaign of murder and bloodshed being carried out by Philippine president and dictator Rodrigo Duterte. Read more

#CND60

Airs at: Sun, 03/19/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am

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This week begins our coverage of the Sixtieth Annual Session of the UN's Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna, Austria. In part one of our coverage, we hear from delegates representing New Zealand, Uruguay, and the European Union. Read more