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This Side of Freedom

Airs at: Mon, 08/01/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

This week on Prison Pipeline, host Doug McVay interviews Anthony Papa. Mr. Papa is an artist, writer, freedom fighter, noted advocate against the war on drugs and co-founder of the Mothers of the New York Disappeared. Mr. Papa’s stinging opinion pieces about the drug war ha... Read more

Century Of Lies for July 24 2016

Airs at: Sun, 07/24/2016 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

This week: Senator Tim Kaine talks about states as laboratories of democracy, and asks whether marijuana legalization has impacted heroin production; Sen. Ed Markey talks about overdose deaths, and asks whether the administration has been ignoring Fentanyl coming in from Ch... Read more

Century Of Lies for July 17, 2016

Airs at: Sun, 07/17/2016 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

This week we talk about racism, violence, and the drug war with longtime drug policy reformer and social justice activist Cliff Thornton. Read more

Century Of Lies for July 10, 2016

Airs at: Sun, 07/10/2016 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

This week: Congress finalizes the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, the Veterans Affairs department releases a new estimate of veteran suicides -- 20 per day in 2014 -- and we speak with the authors of new research showing that medical marijuana laws are associated ... Read more

Century Of Lies for July 3 2016

Airs at: Sun, 07/03/2016 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

This week: the Adult Use of Marijuana Act is officially Proposition 64 on California's November election ballot; many medical marijuana dispensaries have closed in Washington state as the adult use system rolls over the medical program; and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime ... Read more

Pot Culture, Celebrity Stoners, Cannabis Networking, and the Hemp Movement

Airs at: Mon, 07/04/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: More Talk Radio

What was the best marijuana movie of the past decade? Who's the most famous entertainer to be busted for pot so far this year? Is Willie Nelson really as cool and kind as everyone says he is? What was it like working with Jack Herer before he became famous? We find the answ... Read more

Century Of Lies for June 26 2016

Airs at: Sun, 06/26/2016 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

This week: we talk with Steve Rolles with the UK's Transform Drug Policy Foundation about Brexit and the future of drug policy in the UK and the EU; plus the UN's recent General Assembly High-Level Meeting on AIDS featured discussions about injection drug use and HIV/AIDS, ... Read more

Century Of Lies for June 19 2016

Airs at: Sun, 06/19/2016 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

This week: We hear from Jesce Horton, Charlo Greene, and Leland Berger at the Minority Cannabis Business Association; plus the US Senate Homeland Security Committee hears about harm reduction, supervised injection facilities, and heroin maintenance treatment. Read more

Safer Spaces: A Community Discussion on Public Drug Use, Health, and Community Safety

Airs at: Thu, 06/16/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Open drug use is a public health issue in Portland. Overdose deaths and hepatitis C rates have increased because people who inject drugs do not have a safe place to use. One approach to dealing with these issues that's shown a great deal of success is the establishment of s... Read more

Century Of Lies for June 12 2016

Airs at: Sun, 06/12/2016 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

The European Monitoring Centre on Drugs and Drug Addiction releases its annual European Drug Report; we listen in on the Oregon Liquor Control Commission as it decides on rules for legal adult social use marijuana; and we talk about Booze Culture. Read more