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.
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On the new edition of Century: Smriti Rana with Pallium India on barriers to
access to controlled pain medications and how to overcome them; plus Petra
Schulz from Moms Stop the Harm on the drug poisoning crisis in Alberta.
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On this edition of Century: Andrea Sereda, MD with the London (Ontario)
InterCommunity Health Center and Gillian Kolla, PhD with the Canadian
Institute for Substance Use Research at the University of Victoria discuss
the LIHC Safer Opioid Supply Program's impact and progres...
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On the new edition of Century: Newly-published research shows that compounds
in hemp may prevent coronavirus from entering human cells. We speak with lead
author Richard van Breemen, PhD, a Professor of Medicinal Chemistry in the
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Colle...
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On this edition of Century of Lies, we discuss three principles for smarter,
more effective drug policies: guarantee access to a safe supply; provide
access to safe consumption spaces; and decriminalize people who use drugs.
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On this holiday edition of Century, Maia Szalavitz in an interview from 2016
on harm reduction and reporting on drugs, and Professor Kerwin Kaye in an
interview from 2020 on Synanon and punitive drug “treatment”.
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On this edition of Century we'll hear archived audio with Oregon activist
Anna Diaz, Wisconsin activist Dennis Doyle Brennan, Oregon attorney Leland
Berger, internationally renowned comedian Ngaio Bealum, and best-selling
author Johann Hari.
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On this edition of Century, we speak with Ashish Thakrar, MD, a Fellow in the
National Clinician Scholars Program at the University of Pennsylvania one of
the co-authors of an article entitled “Trends in Buprenorphine Use in US
Jails and Prisons From 2016 to 2021”, publishe...
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On this edition of Century of Lies: Part two of a conversation with Shaun
Shelly, the Policy, Advocacy and Human Rights Manager for People Who Use
Drugs for the nonprofit organization TB HIV Care and chair of the South
African Network of People Who Use Drugs.
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On this edition of Century of Lies: Part one of a conversation with Shaun
Shelly, the Policy, Advocacy and Human Rights Manager for People Who Use
Drugs for the nonprofit organization TB HIV Care and chair of the South
African Network of People Who Use Drugs; plus, we speak...
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On this edition of Century of Lies: Pablo de Greiff, Director of the
Transitional Justice Program at the Center for Human Rights and Global
Justice of the School of Law at New York University, and Collette Flanagan,
CEO and Founder of Mothers Against Police Brutality, discu...
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