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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This week we continue preparing for the UN General Assembly Special Session
on drugs, which will be held April 19 and 20 at UN headquarters in New York,
by hearing from two of reform's leading opponents: Singapore and Russia.
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This week, we continue our look at preparations for the upcoming UN General
Assembly Special Session on drugs, and hear representatives from the European
Union, Canada, and New Zealand speaking at the annual meeting of the UN's
Commission on Narcotic Drugs; plus, a special ...
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This week we feature interviews with Betty Aldworth, Executive Director of
Students for Sensible Drug Policy, and with Vanessa Caldwell, a member of the
New Zealand delegation at the annual meeting of the United Nations'
Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna and co-chair o...
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This week on Century Of Lies, host Doug McVay interviews Tyler Williams,
Outreach Coordinator for Students for Sensible Drug Policy, and Sanho Tree,
Director of the Drug Policy Project at the Institute for Policy Studies,
about the Commission on Narcotic Drugs meeting March...
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This week in preparation for the upcoming UNGASS on the world drug problem,
we listen to a debate on whether nations should have alternatives to
incarceration for simple possession of drugs, featuring legislators from
Canada, Mexico, Nigeria, and Sudan.
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This week: we hear a debate on global drug policy before the International
Parliamentary Union, featuring Dr. Kasia Malinowska of the Open Society
Institute and Professor Kevin Sabet, in preparation for the UN General
Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem comin...
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Earlier this month the United Nations held an interactive stakeholder
consultation in support of the preparatory process towards the UN General
Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem. This week on Century Of
Lies, we hear part of a roundtable on Drugs, Human Rig...
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This week we talk medical marijuana with Mike Liszewski, Government Affairs
Director for American for Safe Access, plus we speak with Chip Lazenby and
James Morris about diversity in the cannabis industry.
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This week, at the Cannabis Collaborative Conference in Portland, Oregon, host
Doug McVay interviews former NBA star Clifford "Uncle Spliffy" Robinson;
Aaron Smith and Bethany Moore from the National Cannabis Industry
Association; David Rheins and Morgan from the Marijuana B...
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This week we look at human rights and the drug war with audio from Damon
Barrett, Director and co-founder of the International Centre on Human Rights
and Drug Policy, and The Honorable Mark Golding, Minister of Justice for
Jamaica.
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