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 on Century of Lies: Effective, Practical, and Sustainable Harm
Reduction.
A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and
Medicine organized and conducted a two-day virtual public workshop Jan. 30
and 31 entitled “Harm Reduction Servi...
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This week on Century of Lies: Human Rights and the World Drug Situation.
The United Nations Human Rights Council on February Fifth held an
Intersessional panel discussion on human rights challenges in addressing and
countering all aspects of the world drug situation. We hea...
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This week on Century of Lies: Oregon’s Measure 110: What the Research Shows
pt 3.
RTI International held a research symposium January 22 on Measure 110,
Oregon’s Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act. On this edition of
Century we hear from Danielle Good, PhD, Senior R...
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This week on Century of Lies: Oregon’s Measure 110: What the Research Shows
– pt 2.
RTI International held a research symposium January 22 on Measure 110,
Oregon’s Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act. On this edition of
Century we hear from Kristen Donheffner, MPH, M...
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This week on Century of Lies: Measure 110: What the Research Shows – pt 1.
On January 22, RTI International held a research symposium on Measure 110,
Oregon’s Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act. We hear from Doctor
Ricky Bluthenthal, Associate Dean for Social Justice...
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This week on Century of Lies: Public Health, Social, and Equity Impact of
Marijuana Policies.
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Committee
on the Public Health Consequences of Changes in the Cannabis Policy Landscape
held its third full meeting...
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This week on Century of Lies: Aging, Stigma, and Recovery.
The US Senate Committee on Aging held a hearing recently entitled
“Understanding a Growing Crisis: Substance Use Trends Among Older
Adults.” We hear from one of the witnesses, William Stauffer, Executive
Director o...
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This week on Century of Lies: Public Health Approaches to Perinatal Substance
Use.
The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs and the Association of
State and Territorial Health Officials held a launch event December 19 to
announce the release of a special issue o...
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In 2019, the UN’s Commission on Narcotic Drugs issued a Ministerial
Declaration on drugs, which laid down the main objectives of the
international community in addressing the world drug situation for a 10-year
period. The CND plans a mid-term review of that Declaration in 2...
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This week on Century of Lies: Synthetic Realities and the Iron Law of
Prohibition.
The International Drug Policy Consortium recently hosted a fascinating
discussion on new and emerging drugs entitled “Synthetic Realities: Global
drug policies beyond the ‘new threat’ narrat...
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