Century Of Lies is a weekly half-hour show focused on drug policy reform and the failed war on drugs. The show explores public health, criminal justice, social justice, and other policies related to drugs in the US and abroad, and includes news reports, commentary, interviews, and other recorded segments. Century of Lies is a production of the Drug Truth Network and is syndicated via the Pacifica Foundation Radio Network.
This week on Century we talk about organizing on campus for drug policy
reform in Iowa with Josh Montgomery, Outreach Coordinator for NORML-ISU at
Iowa State University. Plus, the state of Massachusetts considers
decriminalizing people who use drugs and establishing safe co...
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Colombia, The Philippines, the Biden administration, and the future of drug
policy reform: A conversation with Sanho Tree, a Fellow at the Institute for
Policy Studies and director of its Drug Policy Project.
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This week on Century: part two of our interview with James Dixon, Research
Manager for the P5 Project YXE (Perspectives, pathways, and priorities of
people with lived and living experience of substance use) at the University
of Saskatchewan College of Medicine; plus a conve...
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This week on Century: part one of our interview with James Dixon, Research
Manager for the P5 Project YXE (Perspectives, pathways, and priorities of
people with lived and living experience of substance use) at the University
of Saskatchewan College of Medicine; plus more fr...
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On this edition of Century of Lies we talk with Avi Yocheved, a harm
reduction activist and member of the Portland Drug User Union, about safe
consumption sites and safe supply; plus we talk with Lill Prosperino,
Southern States Regional Organizer for the National Harm Redu...
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This week on Century of Lies we talk about harm reduction and International
Overdose Awareness Day with Ria Tsinas, Co-Founder of the Academy of
Perinatal Harm Reduction; Avi Yocheved, harm reduction activist and member of
Portland Drug Users Union; and Lill Prosperino, Sou...
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This week: Decriminalization advances in cities across Canada, and the Drug
Users Liberation Front on safe supply, harm reduction and International
Overdose Awareness Day, which is August 31.
International Overdose Awareness Day
Drug User Liberation Front
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This week on Century of Lies: The San Diego Sheriff’s Department fakes an
overdose video, and residents of Somerville, MA work to save lives by opening
a supervised consumption site.
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On this edition of Century of Lies, part two of my conversation with Maia
Szalavitz, her new book is Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction
and the Future of Addiction. Plus we speak with Wanda Bertram, Communications
Strategist with the Prison Policy Initiative,...
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On this edition of Century of Lies, part one of a conversation with
award-winning journalist and NY Times best-selling author Maia Szalavitz.
Maia and host Doug McVay talk about harm reduction, drug policy,
and Maia's new book Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reducti...
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