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: #CND67 Part One.
On this edition of Century of Lies, Part One of our coverage of the
Sixty-Seventh Session of the UN’s Commission on Narcotic Drugs. We hear
from Luis Gilberto Murillo, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia; Camilo
Eduardo Um...
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This week on Century of Lies: Safer Consumption Sites Save Lives.
In Canada, activists and harm reduction advocates are organizing to resist
closure of overdose prevention sites across the province of Ontario. We hear
from Nick Boyce with the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition,...
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This week on Century of Lies: The Next Big Thing.
Nitazenes are a class of synthetic opioids, some of which are stronger than
fentanyl, which are starting to show up in the unregulated drug markets in
the US and the EU. On February 22, Ireland’s Health Service Executive hel...
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This week on Century of Lies: Two Steps Back.
The state of Oregon’s groundbreaking Measure 110, a ballot initiative
overwhelmingly approved by voters in 2020 that decriminalized small-scale
simple possession of some drugs and provided funding for vital services, is
on the ...
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This week on Century of Lies: Effective, Practical, and Sustainable Harm
Reduction.
A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and
Medicine organized and conducted a two-day virtual public workshop Jan. 30
and 31 entitled “Harm Reduction Servi...
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This week on Century of Lies: Human Rights and the World Drug Situation.
The United Nations Human Rights Council on February Fifth held an
Intersessional panel discussion on human rights challenges in addressing and
countering all aspects of the world drug situation. We hea...
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This week on Century of Lies: Oregon’s Measure 110: What the Research Shows
pt 3.
RTI International held a research symposium January 22 on Measure 110,
Oregon’s Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act. On this edition of
Century we hear from Danielle Good, PhD, Senior R...
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This week on Century of Lies: Oregon’s Measure 110: What the Research Shows
– pt 2.
RTI International held a research symposium January 22 on Measure 110,
Oregon’s Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act. On this edition of
Century we hear from Kristen Donheffner, MPH, M...
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This week on Century of Lies: Measure 110: What the Research Shows – pt 1.
On January 22, RTI International held a research symposium on Measure 110,
Oregon’s Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act. We hear from Doctor
Ricky Bluthenthal, Associate Dean for Social Justice...
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This week on Century of Lies: Public Health, Social, and Equity Impact of
Marijuana Policies.
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Committee
on the Public Health Consequences of Changes in the Cannabis Policy Landscape
held its third full meeting...
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