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.
On this installment of Century we hear from Pedro Arenas Garcia with the
Colombian NGO Corporación Viso Mutop-Observatorio de cultivos y
cultivadores; plus an interview from 2012 with activist and journalist Kevin
Zeese and the late activist, documentary filmmaker, and writ...
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By the end of 2018, the European Center on Drugs and Drug Addiction was
monitoring 731 new psychoactive substances. This week on Century, UNODC's
Gilberto Gerra, MD, discusses new psychoactive substances, plus we hear from
EMCDDA Director Alexis Goosdeel about the release o...
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The Massachusetts Legislature's Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance
Use and Recovery held a hearing recently on harm reduction sites and
supervised consumption facilities, so on this edition of Century of Lies we
hear from MA State Sen. Cindy Friedman, Fenway Health...
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This week on Century of Lies, part two of our conversation with John Pfaff,
JD, PhD. Dr. Pfaff is a professor of law at Fordham Law School and the author
of Locked In: The True Causes of Mass Incarceration and How to Achieve Real
Reform.
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This week on Century of Lies, part one of our conversation with John Pfaff,
JD, PhD. Dr. Pfaff is a professor of law at Fordham Law School and the author
of Locked In: The True Causes of Mass Incarceration and How to Achieve Real
Reform.
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This week on Century of Lies we hear about the growing concern over new
psychoactive substances and amphetamine-type stimulants with audio from
Martin Raithelhuber, PhD, and Gilberto Gerra, MD, both from the UN Office on
Drugs and Crime.
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This week on Century of Lies we speak with data scientist and consultant Jim
MacRae, PhD, about lab testing and the legally regulated cannabis market.
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A federal judge has rejected the Justice Department's attempt to stop
Philadelphia nonprofit Safehouse from setting up a supervised consumption
facility. On this week's Century we hear from Liz Evans, one of the founders
of North America's first supervised consumption site,...
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This week on Century we look at reforming police practices and efforts to get
a handle on police brutality. The US House Judiciary Committee recently held
an oversight hearing on police practices. We'll hear audio from Committee
Chair Rep. Jerrold Naddler, Gwen Carr, Ron Da...
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