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 we speak with Kymone Freeman, who's an activist, playwright, and
founder of We Act Radio, about marijuana legalization and political
protest; plus we hear from Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) about the
formation of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus.
We Act ...
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This week, we talk with Jodi James, Executive Director of the Florida
Cannabis Action Network, about implementation of medical marijuana in Florida
and the legislature's attempts to hobble that program before it gets off the
ground, and we hear from Representative Dana R...
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This week we talk with Mary Lou Burton, founder and coordinator of the
Cannabis Collaborative Conference, an event entering its third year that's
coming up February 14-16 in Portland, Oregon.
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The state of Indiana is considering expansion of its harm reduction efforts.
This week, we look at House Bill 1438, to promote public health and give
communities more effective tools to address injection drug use.
In March of 2015, Indiana Governor Mike Pence – our new vice...
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This week we take a closer look at the new Acting Director of the Office of
National Drug Control Policy, Kemp Chester. We ask the tough questions: are
the days of a federal drug czar are numbered, or will the agency transform
itself for the Trump era?
On Friday, J...
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This week we look at the newly released report from the National Academy of
Sciences, The Health Effects of Cannabis and Cannabinoids; and we continue
our look at the man who might become the next US Attorney General, Jefferson
Beauregard Sessions III, and examine whethe...
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This week we talk with DC-based drug policy reform activist Adam Eidinger
from DCMJ about plans to hand out 4,200 joints at #Trump420 Inauguration Day.
Plus, we take a look at Attorney General nominee Jefferson Beauregard
Sessions III, and discuss why many progressives a...
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This week: Mason Tvert with MPP on adult social use marijuana legalization,
Yuri Fedotov with UNODC on Afghanistan opium, plus new research from the
Bureau of Justice Statistics, and a few words from travel guru and NORML
board member Rick Steves.
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The legal marijuana industry has grown dramatically over the past few years.
If legalization is allowed to continue rolling out under the next president,
then that growth will continue. It could be massive. Marijuana prohibition,
all drug prohibition really, is rooted in ra...
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On Friday, December 16, police in Montreal, Canada raided two Cannabis
Culture shops, which had recently opened as marijuana dispensaries, and
arrested several staffers along with Marc and Jodie Emery, the self-styled
Prince and Princess of Pot. To learn more about this sto...
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