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.
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The Clean Slate NY campaign launched at the end of February. We hear from
several members of the coalition including Quintin Cross from the Hudson
Catskill Housing Coalition, Zaki Smith from the organization Next 100, the
Reverend Kevin Van Hook from Riverside Church in New...
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The Association of British Muslims recently held a discussion on drugs
policy. On this edition of Century we hear from two of the featured speakers:
Neil Woods, formerly an undercover police officer in the UK who is now a
leading reform activist and member of the organizati...
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The Washington Legislature is considering House Bill 1499 - Providing
behavioral health system responses to individuals with substance use
disorder. Their House Public Safety Committee held a hearing on the bill on
Feb. 12. On this edition of Century we hear from some of th...
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This week on Century: Homelessness and Substance Use. We hear from Geert De
Bolle with Housing First LAB in Belgium and Cristiana Merendeiro with
Associação Crescer in Portugal. They spoke recently on a webinar held by
the European Monitoring Center on Drugs and Drug Addict...
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This week on Century of Lies: Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on
harm reduction, supervised consumption facilities, heroin assisted treatment,
and the need to end stigma and treat people who use drugs with dignity and
respect. Plus, we hear from Dawn Wooten, LPN, ...
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This week on Century of Lies we look at the people who are being appointed to
key drug control policy positions within the new Biden administration.
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This week on Century: Faith, Community, and Harm Reduction. We hear from
Naomi Burke-Shyne, Executive Director of Harm Reduction International, about
The Global State of Harm Reduction; we hear more about harm reduction from
Ricky Bluthenthal, PhD, Associate Dean for Social...
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Health Poverty Action is a nongovernmental organization based in the United
Kingdom. They’ve been looking recently at drug policies in the context of
sustainable development in order to, in their words “build a new approach
to drugs that prioritizes, promotes, and protects ...
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The United Religions Initiative along with Alliance India recently hosted a
dialogue entitled “Human Rights & Faith For People Who Use Drugs in Times
of Pandemic.” We hear from two of the speakers: Ira Madan, Senior Regional
Advocacy Officer, Drug Use & Harm Reduction, at A...
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