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Harm Reduction On The Agenda In Maine

Airs at: Wed, 05/24/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Harm Reduction On The Agenda In Maine. LD 1364, An Act to Prevent Opioid Overdose Deaths by Establishing Safe Consumption Sites, is making its way through the Maine legislature. We hear from the chief sponsor, State Representative Grayson Lookn... Read more

Safer Opioid Supply

Airs at: Wed, 05/10/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Safer Opioid Supply. The final evaluation report on the Safer Opioid Supply Program at Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre in Toronto, Ontario, has just been released. We hear about the report from Kate Atkinson, SOS Project Manager; Pa... Read more

Using Data to Help End Homelessness

Airs at: Fri, 05/05/2023 at 11:00am - 11:30am
This episode of Out of the Streets of Portland focuses on one of the most important, time-consuming and altogether under-recognized tasks of the Joint Office of Homeless Services: the collection and analysis of sets of data to help guide and prioritize the work to end homel... Read more

Saving Lives In Rhode Island

Airs at: Wed, 05/03/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Saving Lives in Rhode Island. The state of Rhode Island is about to open the first state-authorized legal overdose prevention sites in the United States, so to hear more about this historic effort, on this edition of Century we’re joined by Col... Read more

Totality of Circumstances | April 25, 2023

Airs at: Tue, 04/25/2023 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
  This month Sam and Jasmin spoke with the current co-chairs of the Police Accountability Commission, Katherine Macdowell and KC Lewis (the third co-chair, Charlie Michelle-Westley, was unable to attend). They are heading the PAC's Structure and Details phase, during which... Read more

Music, Drugs, and Harm Reduction

Airs at: Wed, 04/26/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Music, Drugs, and Harm Reduction. We hear from Dr. Jodie Grigg, a Research Associate at the National Drug Research Institute at Curtin University in Perth and coordinator of the Western Australia arm of the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting S... Read more

Working to Save Lives in Maine

Airs at: Wed, 04/19/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Working to Save Lives in Maine. More and more US states are looking toward expansion of harm reduction services. On this edition of Century we look at a bill working its way through the Maine Legislature that would allow communities to establis... Read more

Washington State Post-Blake

Airs at: Wed, 04/12/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: New Washington State Drug Laws Post-Blake. Drug possession laws in Washington state were invalidated in 2021 by a state supreme court decision in the case of State v Blake. The legislature moved quickly to put some laws back in place but the me... Read more

Victim's Rights, Decriminalization, and Public Safety

Airs at: Mon, 04/10/2023 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
This week on Prison Pipeline: Victim’s Rights, Decriminalization, and Public Safety. On this edition of Prison Pipeline we hear from Lenore Anderson, Co-Founder and President of the Alliance for Safety and Justice, and Shakyra Diaz, Chief of Federal Advocacy at the Allianc... Read more

Human Rights and Decolonization

Airs at: Wed, 03/15/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Human Rights and Decolonization. The Sixty-Sixth Session of the UN’s Commission on Narcotic Drugs meets in Vienna, Austria from March 13-17 this year. We hear powerful statements on decolonization and human rights from Bolivian Vice President D... Read more