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.
A new report by the Drug Policy Alliance, From Prohibition to Progress: A
Status Report on Marijuana Legalization, demonstrates how and why marijuana
legalization is working so far. From Prohibition to Progress finds that
states are saving money and protecting the public by...
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The UK House of Parliament held a debate recently on safe injection sites,
otherwise known as drug consumption rooms. On today's show, we hear from
Ronnie Cowan, MP from Inverclyde; Thangam Debbonaire, MP for Bristol West;
and Alison Thewliss, MP for Glasgow Central.
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This week on Century: Committees of the New York State Assembly hear about
marijuana legalization from panels of experts, and Representative Earl
Blumenauer (D-OR) speaks on the House floor about marijuana law reform.
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On January Fourth, the Justice Department issued a new memo to prosecutors
regarding marijuana enforcement in legal states. This new memo, signed
personally by Attorney General for the moment Jefferson Beauregard Sessions
III, rescinds all the previous memos that were issue...
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This week we hear from US Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Ron Wyden (D-OR)
about the Marijuana Justice Act, and from Professor Philip Alston, UN Special
Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, about the criminalization of
poverty in America.
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This week on Century of Lies we speak with Rick Lines, Executive Director of
Harm Reduction International, about human rights, the drug war, and his new
book "Drug Control and Human Rights in International Law."
Harm Reduction International
Drug Control and Human Rights in...
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This week we hear from Michelle Alexander about building the movement for
racial justice and drug policy reform. Michelle Alexander is a highly
acclaimed civil rights lawyer, advocate, and legal scholar, and the author of
The New Jim Crow. She delivered a keynote address at...
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We interview journalist Maia Szalavitz and policy expert Sanho Tree about
this week's announcement that presidential adviser and spin doctor Kellyanne
Conway will head up the White House response to opioid issues.
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On Century of Lies this week: the city of Seattle adopted a new budget which
includes money to start up a supervised consumption facility so we hear from
Seattle residents Terina James and Marlys McConnell, as well as Seattle City
Council member Rob Johnson. Plus the UK Hou...
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