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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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Drug Decriminalization and Public Health

Airs at: Wed, 08/26/2020 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century: Canada’s chief public health officer, Doctor Theresa Tam, on decriminalization of drugs; Professor Edwin Lindo, JD, on police brutality; and Professor Lisa Puglisi, MD, on prisons and Covid. Read more

Effective Drug Policies

Airs at: Wed, 08/19/2020 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century: Daniel Pryor, Head of Programs at the Adam Smith Institute, on What Does An Effective Drug Policy Look Like? Plus an interview with Haven Wheelock, a harm reduction worker who coordinates the syringe services program at the Portland area nonprofit Outs... Read more

What Does An Effective Drug Policy Look Like?

Airs at: Wed, 08/12/2020 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century we speak with Dr. Zian Tseng, professor of medicine at the University of California at San Francisco Medical School, about his new article, entitled “Occult Overdose Masquerading as Sudden Cardiac Death: From the Postmortem Systematic InvesTigation of ... Read more

Legalization, Safe Supply, and Heroin Buyers Clubs

Airs at: Wed, 08/05/2020 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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Legalization, Safe Supply, and Heroin Buyers Clubs. We hear from Steve Rolles with the Transform Drug Policy Foundation, Sterling Johnson with Angels in Motion and the Black and Brown Workers Cooperative, Neill Franklin with Law Enforcement Action Partnership, and Erica Tho... Read more

World Drug Report 2020

Airs at: Wed, 07/29/2020 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century, Dr. Thomas Pietschmann with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime tells us about the UN’s 2020 World Drug Report. He was part of a webinar hosted recently by the Vienna Nongovernmental Organizing Committee. Read more

Brutality Behind Bars

Airs at: Wed, 07/22/2020 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century, we hear portions of a webinar organized by the Fortune Society on “Brutality Behind Bars: Accountability for Corrections Officers, Too," featuring Jai Diamond, New York City Criminal Justice Agency; Assemblyman David Weprin, Chair of the New York State... Read more

Covid and Drug Use

Airs at: Wed, 07/15/2020 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century: Sanho Tree, director of the Drug Policy Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, talks about “COVID, Modernity, Lifeways & Drug Use.” His talk was part of an IPS webinar series entitled “Progressive Politics and the Time of Pandemic" and comes to u... Read more

Taking Drugs Seriously

Airs at: Wed, 07/08/2020 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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Transform Drug Policy Foundation and Anyone’s Child recently held a webinar entitled “Take Drugs Seriously.” We hear from two of the panelists: Anne-Marie Cockburn, one of the founders of Anyone’s Child; and Johann Hari, author of the bestseller Chasing the Scream: The Sear... Read more

Stimulants and Harm Reduction

Airs at: Wed, 07/01/2020 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week we hear portions of “Tweaking Our Harm Reduction: A Stimulants Webinar.” Participants included:  Dr. Sheila P Vakharia, Deputy Director of the Department of Research and Academic Engagement for the Drug Policy Alliance; Christine Rodriguez, a consultant in drug us... Read more

Police Brutality and Community Relations

Airs at: Wed, 06/24/2020 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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The Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony recently on “Police Use of Force and Community Relations.” On this edition of Century of Lies we hear from some of the witnesses including S. Lee Merritt, a civil rights activist and attorney with Merritt Law Firm of Philadelph... Read more