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, host Doug McVay is joined by best-selling
author Michael Pollan to discuss psychedelic medicine, decriminalization, and
his book How To Change Your Mind. Plus the House Committee on Oversight and
Reform looks at federal drug control policy.
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This week on Century of Lies, we talk to Lindsay LaSalle with the Drug Policy
Alliance about harm reduction, alternatives to coercion, and the DPA's
upcoming conference in San Francisco May 16 and 17; and with Teressa Raiford,
a community organizer, social justice activi...
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This week on Century, former UN official and retired international civil
servant Dr. Mary Chinery-Hesse addresses the 2019 International Harm
Reduction Conference #HR19 in Porto, Portugal.
The audio for this week's Century comes to us courtesy of the Rights
Reporter Fou...
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This week on Century of Lies we speak with Arnold Diehl from Floridians For
Freedom about their marijuana legalization initiative; with Bryan Krumm, NP,
about medicinal cannabis and PTSD; and with Rick Doblin, PhD, executive
director and founder of MAPS, about psychedeli...
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The UK's House of Commons discusses medical cannabis, plus we hear from the
Reverend Larry W. Foy with the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity and
Rafi Toruella with Intercambios Puerto Rico.
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This week on Century: The FDA has announced that it plans to hold a public
hearing on cannabis and cannabis derivatives; FDA Commissioner Scott
Gottlieb, MD, is questioned by a Senate subcommittee about CBD; plus we hear
interviews with Gretchen Burns Bergman from A New ...
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This week on Century we talk about about overdose, harm reduction, pain
policies, and opioids with Abraham Gutman, opinion writer at the Philadelphia
Inquirer.
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This week on Century of Lies, international drug policy reform. We hear
portions of the 62nd Annual Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, live
from Vienna, including interventions by the delegation from Switzerland, the
World Health Organization, the Canadian HIV ...
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This week on Century of Lies: a Congressional committee takes a critical look
at White House drug policy. We'll hear from Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD),
chair of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, as well as Rep. Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). Plus, there was a de...
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