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: Charting a New Course.
In preparation for its 2024 Mid-Term Review, the UN’s Commission on
Narcotic Drugs has been conducting a stock-taking of progress made in
addressing several challenges that were identified in CND’s 2019
Ministerial Decla...
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This week on Century of Lies: World AIDS Day 2023.
Ahead of World AIDS Day, which is December First, Georgetown University’s
Global HIV Policy Lab has released a new report entitled “Progress and the
Peril: HIV and the Global De/criminalization of Same-Sex Sex.” On this
we...
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This week on Century of Lies: Regulating Psychedelics.
The Transform Drug Policy Foundation has released a new publication entitled
“How To Regulate Psychedelics: A Practical Guide,” which looks at how to
shape policy and regulation for psychedelics outside the medical sphe...
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This week on Century of Lies: Combating Carveouts. Legislative carveouts can
negate drug policy and criminal justice reforms. On this week’s Century, we
hear from Sarah Staudt, Policy & Advocacy Director at the Prison Policy
Initiative, combating legislative carveouts in cr...
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This week on Century of Lies: #SafeSupplyNow.
On November 3, hundreds of people in Vancouver, BC and Toronto, Ontario
marched and rallied in support of the Drug User Liberation Front, harm
reduction, and safe supply. We hear one of the speakers at the Vancouver
rally, DJ L...
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This week on Century of Lies: #FreeDULF.
On October 25, police in Vancouver, British Columbia, raided the office of
the Drug User Liberation Front. Plus, the UN’s Commission on Narcotic Drugs
held an intersessional meeting to discuss progress in international drug
control....
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This week on Century of Lies: Righting Wrongs Worldwide - #Reform2023
Highlights Part Two.
The Drug Policy Alliance held its 2023 biennial international Reform
conference over the weekend of Oct. 19-21. Over a thousand activists,
advocates, organizers, researchers, and oth...
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This week on Century of Lies: Safer Supply Saves Lives. The National Safer
Supply Community of Practice recently launched the London, Ontario
InterCommunity Health Centre Safer Supply Program 2023 Evaluation Report.
We’re given an overview of the report by Gillian Kolla, Ph...
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This week on Century of Lies: The Wind of Change.
United for Marijuana Decriminalization is a coalition of marijuana policy
reform organizations. They held a news conference October Fifth to discuss
how the Biden Administration can move forward to advance marijuana
decrimi...
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This week on Century of Lies: Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs and Harm
Reduction.
On this edition of Century, part two of a conversation with Doctor Tim
Piatkowski, a researcher and lecturer at Griffith University in Queensland,
Australia, who has been doing some gro...
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