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: A Look Back At Seattle Hempfest.
In August 1991, a group of weed activists and freedom lovers gathered in
Volunteer Park in Seattle, Washington for the Washington Hemp Expo. From
these modest beginnings grew the largest protestival in the world...
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This week on Century of Lies: FDA Rejects MAPS MDMA-Assisted Therapy.
On August Ninth, the Food and Drug Administration formally rejected a New
Drug Application submitted by Lykos Therapeutics for its MDMA-Assisted
Therapy. While this news came as a shock to some, back in J...
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This week on Century of Lies: Birth Behind Bars.
The Senate Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law held a
hearing recently to shine a light on the pervasive abuse of pregnant women in
prisons around the country. We hear from Senator Jon Ossoff; Jessica
Umberg...
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This week on Century of Lies: Incarceration and Crime.
The Sentencing Project has released a new report entitled “Incarceration &
Crime: A Weak Relationship,” which illustrates that less imprisonment often
happens alongside improvements to community safety. They held a webi...
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This week on Century of Lies: Stigma.
Since 2015, the Stigma Indicators Monitoring Project at the University of New
South Wales has documented the expression and experiences of stigma and
discrimination towards people affected by blood borne viruses and sexually
transmitte...
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This week on Century of Lies: Launch of the European Union Drugs Agency.
The European Monitoring Centre on Drugs and Drug Addiction was the European
Union’s drugs monitoring agency. Technically the EMCDDA is no more but it
hasn’t closed, it’s changed: The EMCDDA is now call...
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This week on Century of Lies: Decriminalization, Depenalization, Diversion,
and Legalization of Drugs.
The Oireachtas, which is the Parliament of the Republic of Ireland,
established a Joint Committee on Drugs Use in March of this year to consider
and respond to the recomm...
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This week on Century of Lies: World Drug Report 2024.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime released its 2024 World Drug
Report on June 26. We hear an overview from Dr. Angela Me, Chief of the
Research and Trend Analysis Branch at UNODC, and reactions from Ambassador...
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This week on Century of Lies: Progress In Vermont.
The state of Vermont has approved legislation to allow municipalities to
decide whether to authorize the establishment of overdose prevention centers,
also known as supervised consumption facilities or safer consumption sit...
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This week on Century of Lies: Drug Checking Services and Synthetic
Cathinones.
We hear about drug checking services at festivals from Mar Cunha, a harm
reductionist in Portugal who works with Kosmicare at their drug checking
service; and we hear about cathinones from Steph...
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