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, the US Senate Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions Committee looks at pain management, opioid policies, and the search
for alternatives like cannabis.
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This week we talk with guest Sanho Tree, longtime drug policy reformer and
Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, about White House drug policy,
harm reduction, Kamala Harris, and Joe Biden.
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This week, we hear portions of a public workshop on opioid substitution
treatment that was held by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering,
and Medicine, featuring presentations by Professor Helena Hansen, MD, PhD;
Professor Josiah Rich, MD, MPH; and Professor Eugen...
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The Commission on Narcotic Drugs will soon hold its 62 annual session. The
CND meets from March 18 through 22 in Vienna, Austria. This year should be a
milestone. In 2009, member nations agreed to a political declaration with
targets in drug related indicators to be reached...
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This week on Century of Lies, I'm joined by Ngaio Bealum as we discuss
marijuana in California and his new YouTube show; we hear from UNODC's Angela
Me as she addresses the Commission on Narcotic Drugs; and we hear the results
from the 2018 Monitoring the Future Survey of y...
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This week, we hear from the DPA's Michael Collins about opposition to the
nomination of William Barr as US Attorney General, from IPS's Sanho Tree
about the folly of a border "wall," and from Compassionate Oregon's Anthony
Taylor about the state of marijuana legalization.
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This week on Century, we listen to a presentation by Stefan Kertesz, MD, from
the UAB School of Medicine, at a workshop entitled Pain and Symptom
Management for People with Serious Illness in the Context of the Opioid
Epidemic.
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This week on Century, we hear portions of a debate in the Denver City Council
on a measure to establish a safe consumption space in the city of Denver.
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The Oregon Legislature's House Health Care Committee hears testimony
regarding safe consumption spaces, and an interview with the Drug Policy
Alliance's Ira Glasser.
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