Drugs

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Drug War in the Amazon Basin

Airs at: Wed, 01/08/2025 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Drug War in the Amazon Basin. The Amazon basin and the tri-border region of Brazil, Colombia, and Peru have been particularly hard hit and transformed by the drug war. The Global Initiative on Transnational Organized Crime released a new report... Read more

Ukraine

Airs at: Wed, 01/01/2025 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century of Lies: Ukraine. At the recent European Harm Reduction Conference in Warsaw, Poland, a panel entitled "Harm Reduction in the War in Ukraine" explored innovative strategies developed to address the complex challenges posed by the war. On this week’s ed... Read more

Oregon's New Drug Policies

Airs at: Mon, 12/30/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Join Prison Pipeline hosts Emma Lugo, Karen James, Doug McVay & Adam Carpinelli, as they discuss this past year’s decision by Oregon legislators to overturn Ballot Measure 110 which was overwhelmingly approved by Oregonians in 2020. Legislators passed HB4002 which recrimina... Read more

The Charter of Rights

Airs at: Wed, 12/25/2024 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century of Lies: The Charter of Rights. The Scottish Government has released a new Charter of Rights for People Affected by Substance Use. The Charter was developed by an independent commission called the National Collaborative, which started work back in 2022... Read more

Counterfeit Benzos

Airs at: Wed, 12/18/2024 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century of Lies: Counterfeit Benzos.  In the words of the executive producer of the Drug Truth Network, Dean Becker, Because of prohibition you don't know what's in that bag. That was true well before fentanyl came along. And these days, it's not only fentanyl,... Read more

Harm Reduction and the Regulation of Drugs

Airs at: Wed, 12/18/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Free Culture Radio
On this edition of Free Culture Radio: Harm Reduction and the Regulation of Drugs. The Sixth European Harm Reduction Conference was held recently in Warsaw, Poland, bringing together people who use drugs, practitioners, advocates, policy experts, and public officials from ... Read more

Human Rights and Decolonization

Airs at: Wed, 12/11/2024 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century of Lies: Human Rights and Decolonization. The UN’s Commission on Narcotic Drugs and Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice held joint meetings December 4 and 5. Topics being discussed included the WHO Expert Committee’s upcoming review of t... Read more

Social Responses for Women Who Use Drugs

Airs at: Wed, 12/04/2024 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century of Lies: Social Responses for Women Who Use Drugs. The European Union Drugs Agency in collaboration with the Cooperation Programme between Latin America, the Caribbean and the European Union on drug policies recently held a webinar entitled Health and s... Read more

State of the Global Drug War 2024

Airs at: Wed, 11/27/2024 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century of Lies: State of the Global Drug War 2024. The United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs held a set of thematic discussions November 12 through 14. On this edition of Century hear from Chloe Carpentier, Chief of the Research and Knowledge Production ... Read more

Deflection Programs

Airs at: Mon, 11/25/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On this edition of Prison Pipeline: Deflection Programs. As a kind of trade-off when the Oregon legislature recriminalized simple possession of some drugs, the state of Oregon and the majority of Oregon counties committed to setting up what are called deflection programs, t... Read more