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: New York State Harm Reduction Association 2024
Conference Highlights.
On this edition of Century we feature highlights from the New York State Harm
Reduction Association’s annual conference, which was held October
Twenty-First and Twenty-Secon...
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This week on Century of Lies: The Global State of Harm Reduction.
On Tuesday October 29, Harm Reduction International released its new report
entitled The Global State of Harm Reduction 2024. HRI held a news conference
to announce the release and discuss their findings.
We...
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This week on Century of Lies: Civilly Disobedient.
Dana Larsen is a political activist, business owner, and drug policy reform
movement leader located in Vancouver, BC. On Thursday October, 17, Dana’s
Mushroom Dispensary and Microdose Cafe in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside w...
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This week on Century of Lies: Respecting the Rights and Dignity of People Who
Use Drugs.
From 2020 until the arrests in 2023, the Drug User Liberation Front provided
a safe supply of drugs to a small number of people who use drugs in that part
of northern Abya Yala known ...
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This week on Century of Lies: Oregon Post-Recrim: Deflection and Diversion.
Loyal listeners will recall that my home state of Oregon recently took a big
step backwards in drug policy by recriminalizing the simple possession of
small amounts of some drugs. Some friends have ...
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This week on Century of Lies: The Courage To Do What Works.
Professor Sir John Strang, MD, is a clinical academic and one of the
world’s leading addictions researchers. He was Principal Investigator in
the Randomised Injectable Opiate Treatment Trial in the UK, which compar...
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This week on Century of Lies: Young People and Alcohol.
On Monday Sept. 16 the Ministry of Health of Spain, the World Health
Organization’s Regional Office for Europe, and the European Observatory on
Health Systems and Policies held a spotlight session on Addressing Youth
...
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This week on Century of Lies: Psychedelics and PTSD Treatment.
The Reagan-Udall Foundation for the Food and Drug Administration is a
nonprofit organization that was created by Congress to advance the mission of
the FDA. The Foundation held a meeting recently entitled “Advan...
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This week on Century of Lies: Overdose Awareness.
The New South Wales Users and AIDS Association is a peer-based drug user
organisation. NUAA strives to improve advocacy for, and services supporting,
the diversity of people impacted by stigma and discrimination caused by th...
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This week on Century of Lies: Nitazenes.
International Overdose Awareness Day is observed annually on August 31. The
first observance was organized in 2001 by S-J Finn, a harm reduction worker
who managed a needle and syringe service program in St. Kilda, Victoria,
Austral...
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