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: Combating Carveouts. Legislative carveouts can
negate drug policy and criminal justice reforms. On this week’s Century, we
hear from Sarah Staudt, Policy & Advocacy Director at the Prison Policy
Initiative, combating legislative carveouts in...
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This week on Century of Lies: #SafeSupplyNow.
On November 3, hundreds of people in Vancouver, BC and Toronto, Ontario
marched and rallied in support of the Drug User Liberation Front, harm
reduction, and safe supply. We hear one of the speakers at the Vancouver
rally, D...
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This week on Century of Lies: #FreeDULF.
On October 25, police in Vancouver, British Columbia, raided the office of
the Drug User Liberation Front. Plus, the UN’s Commission on Narcotic Drugs
held an intersessional meeting to discuss progress in international drug
contr...
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This week on Century of Lies: Righting Wrongs Worldwide - #Reform2023
Highlights Part Two.
The Drug Policy Alliance held its 2023 biennial international Reform
conference over the weekend of Oct. 19-21. Over a thousand activists,
advocates, organizers, researchers, and ...
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This week on Century of Lies: Safer Supply Saves Lives. The National Safer
Supply Community of Practice recently launched the London, Ontario
InterCommunity Health Centre Safer Supply Program 2023 Evaluation Report.
We’re given an overview of the report by Gillian Kolla,...
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This week on Century of Lies: The Wind of Change.
United for Marijuana Decriminalization is a coalition of marijuana policy
reform organizations. They held a news conference October Fifth to discuss
how the Biden Administration can move forward to advance marijuana
decr...
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This week on Century of Lies: Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs and Harm
Reduction.
On this edition of Century, part two of a conversation with Doctor Tim
Piatkowski, a researcher and lecturer at Griffith University in Queensland,
Australia, who has been doing some ...
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On this edition of Century, part one of a conversation with Doctor Tim
Piatkowski, a researcher and lecturer at Griffith University in Queensland,
Australia, who has been doing some groundbreaking work on harm reduction and
the community of people who use image and perfo...
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This week on Century of Lies: Aid for the War on Drugs.
Harm Reduction International has released a report entitled Aid for the War
on Drugs, which follows overseas development aid that’s being spent on
policing and drug control around the world. We hear from the report’s...
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This week on Century of Lies: Reschedule or Deschedule?
The Drug Enforcement Administration is set to review marijuana’s placement
in Schedule One. To learn more we hear from Shaleen Title, Founder and
Director of the Parabola Center. Plus: a new report by the UK House of...
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