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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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Beyond 2019

Airs at: Sat, 11/24/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century, Beyond 2019: the future of drug policies and lessons learned, with audio from Craig Mokhiber from the UN's Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights, and Dominique Favre, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the UN. Read more

Jim Belushi

Airs at: Sun, 11/11/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century: Peter Sarosi from the Rights Reporter Foundation in Hungary addresses the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, and we speak with the actor, musician and comedian Jim Belushi, proprietor of Belushi's Farm in Eagle Point, Oregon. Read more

Drug Safety Testing

Airs at: Sun, 11/04/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century: award-winning journalist and NY Times bestselling author Maia Szalavitz discusses effective treatment for opioid use disorder, and we hear from Anton Luf with the Medical University of Vienna and the "Check It" service regarding new psychoactive substa... Read more

A New Path

Airs at: Sun, 10/28/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century of Lies: A New PATH's director and co-founder Gretchen Burns Bergman addresses the UN's Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna, and Members of Parliament in the UK debate drug policy, decriminalization, and harm reduction. A New PATH   Read more

Harm Reduction and Marijuana Legalization

Airs at: Sun, 10/21/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week: Canada legalizes marijuana, plus a discussion about harm reduction at the international level. Read more

Live from the International Cannabis Business Conference Pt Three

Airs at: Sun, 10/14/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week, we talk with Adam Smith from the Oregon Craft Cannabis Alliance about marijuana, interstate exports, and inevitable federal legalization; plus, more from the recent Commission on Narcotic Drugs intersessional meetings in Vienna, Austria. Read more

Live from the International Cannabis Business Conference Pt Two

Airs at: Sun, 10/07/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century of Lies, live at the International Cannabis Business Conference 2018 in Portland, Oregon, we talk with Washington state cannabis cultivator Farmer Tom Lauerman; plus, Orsolya Feher from Students for Sensible Drug Policy addresses the recent Commission o... Read more

Harm Reduction and the Fight Against AIDS

Airs at: Sun, 09/30/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century of Lies, live from the International Cannabis Business Conference in Portland, Oregon, we talk about the cannabis industry and social justice with Joseph Stovall II, an attorney and cannabis consultant from Maryland. Plus, we hear a presentation from Vi... Read more

Reducing Harm, Saving Lives: California Assembly Bill 186

Airs at: Sun, 09/23/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century of Lies we look at California's Assembly Bill 186, which would allow the city and county of San Francisco to establish a supervised consumption facility that would prevent drug overdose deaths. Governor Jerry Brown has until September 30 to sign the mea... Read more

Hail To The New Czar

Airs at: Sun, 09/16/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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The new Drug Czar, James W. Carroll Jr., has been approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee and is expected to be confirmed soon by the full Senate. This week on Century of Lies we hear portions of his confirmation hearing, and we hear Czar Carroll's take on the newly rele... Read more