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: Rural Reforms and Human Rights in Colombia. The
UN Security Council met to consider rural reforms and the rights of
indigenous and African-descended people in the context of the Colombian peace
process. We hear from Armando Wouriyu Valbuena,...
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This week on Century of Lies: Remembering Jeffrey Steinborn. Jeffrey
Steinborn was an attorney, a marijuana legalizer, and social justice
revolutionary in the city of Seattle who passed away in early January. On
this edition of Century we’ll hear an interview with Jeff f...
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This week on Century of Lies: The Marijuana Industry and Workplace Safety.
Host Doug McVay speaks with Mike Crawford, a Massachusetts journalist and
host of the award-winning podcast THE YOUNG JURKS, about activism, the
marijuana industry, and the death of Lorna McMurrey...
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This week on Century of Lies: San Francisco Supervisor Dean Preston questions
Mayor London Breed’s commitment to harm reduction and overdose prevention.
Plus, Paula Migliardi, a Program Specialist in Healthy Sexuality and Harm
Reduction for the Winnipeg Regional Health A...
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This week on Century of Lies: Reform Continues To Advance In Ireland.
The Republic of Ireland’s parliamentary Joint Committee on Justice released
a Report on December 14 that among other things recommends
decriminalization of people who use drugs and the regulation of ce...
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This week on Century of Lies: The Global State Of Harm Reduction. Harm
Reduction International recently released its annual report on the Global
State of Harm Reduction. We hear an overview from HRI Executive Director
Naomi Burke-Shyne and HRI Deputy Director and Public ...
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This week on Century of Lies: Reform Moves Ahead In Ireland.
The Republic of Ireland is moving closer to decriminalizing people who use
drugs. A motion supporting establishment of a citizen’s assembly on drugs
to discuss and propose reforms was approved by the Dáil Éirean...
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This week on Century of Lies: Meeting People Where They’re At.
On this edition of Century we look once again at Canada’s Safer Supply
programs. We hear from Praneetha Mahindan, NP; Dalena Dang, NP, Madison
Joyce, RN, and Hannah Levitt, Case Manager with the Parkdale Quee...
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This week on Century of Lies: Pestilence and War. Professor Jennifer J.
Carroll, PhD, MPH, a medical anthropologist, research scientist, and subject
matter expert on substance use and public health, speaks about the Global
Impacts of War and Covid-19.
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This week on Century of Lies: #WonderBanned. We talk capitalism and corporate
psychedelia with Neşe Devenot, PhD, a Postdoctoral Associate at the
Institute for Research in Sensing (IRiS) at the University of Cincinnati,
where she studies bioethical perspectives on the na...
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