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 of Lies: Human Rights and the Drug War.
In the Philippines, former Senator Leila de Lima was imprisoned for nearly
seven years by the Duterte regime, framed for crimes she didn’t commit
because she spoke out against human rights abuses and extrajudicial...
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This week on Century of Lies: Militarization of the Global Drug War.
On this edition of Century we look at states of emergency, the militarization
of the global drug war, and measures to address these critical human rights
challenges. We hear from Ambika Satkunanathan, a hu...
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This week on Century of Lies: #CND67 Part Four: The Side Events.
On this edition of Century of Lies, Part Four of our coverage of the
Sixty-Seventh Session of the UN’s Commission on Narcotic Drugs. This week
we hear highlights from some of the many side events that were hel...
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This week on Century of Lies: #CND67 Part Three.
On this edition of Century of Lies, Part Three of our coverage of the
Sixty-Seventh Session of the UN’s Commission on Narcotic Drugs. This week
we hear from Charity Monareng, Executive Director of Students for Sensible
Drug ...
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This week on Century of Lies: #CND67 Part Two: Voices of Civil Society.
On this edition of Century of Lies, Part Two of our coverage of the
Sixty-Seventh Session of the UN’s Commission on Narcotic Drugs. This week
we feature some of the voices of civil society at the CND in...
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This week on Century of Lies: #CND67 Part One.
On this edition of Century of Lies, Part One of our coverage of the
Sixty-Seventh Session of the UN’s Commission on Narcotic Drugs. We hear
from Luis Gilberto Murillo, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia; Camilo
Eduardo Um...
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This week on Century of Lies: Safer Consumption Sites Save Lives.
In Canada, activists and harm reduction advocates are organizing to resist
closure of overdose prevention sites across the province of Ontario. We hear
from Nick Boyce with the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition,...
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This week on Century of Lies: The Next Big Thing.
Nitazenes are a class of synthetic opioids, some of which are stronger than
fentanyl, which are starting to show up in the unregulated drug markets in
the US and the EU. On February 22, Ireland’s Health Service Executive hel...
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This week on Century of Lies: Two Steps Back.
The state of Oregon’s groundbreaking Measure 110, a ballot initiative
overwhelmingly approved by voters in 2020 that decriminalized small-scale
simple possession of some drugs and provided funding for vital services, is
on the ...
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This week on Century of Lies: Effective, Practical, and Sustainable Harm
Reduction.
A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and
Medicine organized and conducted a two-day virtual public workshop Jan. 30
and 31 entitled “Harm Reduction Servi...
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