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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On July 7, Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee signed legislation that authorizes
a two-year pilot program to prevent drug overdose deaths through the
establishment of harm reduction centers. According to a news release from the
Rhode Island General Assembly, The law quote “aut...
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This week on Century of Lies we examine the protests rocking Colombia.
Congress’s Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission held a hearing on the
Colombia protests July First. We hear from three of the witnesses: Elizabeth
Dickinson, a Senior Analyst for Colombia with the Internat...
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On this edition of Century of Lies: Angela Me, chief of the UNODC Statistics
and Surveys Section, on the release of World Drug Report 2021
#ShareFactsOnDrugs
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This week on Century of Lies, drug policy reform moves forward around the
world. In the US, Representative Cori Bush (D-MO) and Rep. Bonnie Watson
Coleman (D-NJ) introduced the Drug Policy Reform Act on June 15. In Scotland,
the Government has introduced a new drugs policy ...
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The International Network of People Who Use Drugs organized a side event at
the recent UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS, entitled
“The Right to Rights: How do we get there for People who Use Drugs.” On
this edition of Century of Lies we hear from two of th...
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This week: Century does psychedelics. We hear from Professor Peter Hendricks,
PhD with the School of Public Health at the University of Alabama at
Birmingham on special considerations for evaluating psilocybin-facilitated
treatments in vulnerable populations; and from Jazmi...
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Harm Reduction International recently organized a panel discussion entitled
“Decolonizing drug policy: Dismantling racism and colonialism through drug
policy reform.” We hear from some of the speakers including Kojo Koram, a
writer, attorney, and lecturer in law at the Birk...
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This week on Century of Lies: a conversation with Mat Southwell, a UK-based
drug policy reform activist who’s a Project Executive with the European
Network of People Who Use Drugs (EuroNPUD).
European Network of People Who Use Drugs
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The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights recently organized a
webinar entitled Human Rights In Action: Implementing the International
Guidelines on Human Rights and Drug Policy. We hear from two of the speakers:
Rodrigo Uprimny, a professor emeritus at the Natio...
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The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction hosted a discussion
recently entitled Inequities Laid Bare: Responding to Challenges of COVID-19
and Beyond. We hear from some of the speakers including Michael Nurse, a Harm
Reduction Outreach Worker with the Black Coaliti...
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