Century of Lies
12/24/17 Doug McVay
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.
Guest(s): Doug McVay
Organization(s): Drug War Facts
Link(s): Drug War Facts
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12/17/17 Rick Lines
This week 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."
Guest(s): Rick Lines
Organization(s): Harm Reduction International
Link(s): Harm Reduction International
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12/10/17 Michelle Alexander
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 the Drug Policy Alliance's 2017 International Reform Conference.
Guest(s): Michelle Alexander
Organization(s): Author
Link(s): Drug Policy Alliance, Drug War Facts
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12/03/17 Maia Szalavitz
We speak with journalist Maia Szalavitz and policy expert Sanho Tree about federal drug policy and this week's announcement that presidential adviser and spin doctor Kellyanne Conway will head up White House efforts in regard to opioids.
Guest(s): Maia Szalavitz
Organization(s): Reformer
Link(s): Drug War Facts
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11/26/17 Rob Johnson
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, and also from Seattle City Councilmember Rob Johnson. Plus, the UK House of Commons held a debate recently on the human and financial costs of drug addiction, so we hear from Norman Lamb, Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for North Norfolk, and from Crispin Blunt, Conservative Member of Parliament for Reigate.
Guest(s): Rob Johnson
Organization(s): City Council
Link(s): Drug War Facts
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11/19/17 Sarah Merrigan
On this edition of Century of Lies, we discuss stigma, language, mental health, harm reduction, and drug policy reform with Sarah Merrigan, one of the hosts of the This Week In Drugs podcast.
Guest(s): Sarah Merrigan
Organization(s): This Week In Drugs
Link(s): Drug War Facts, This Week In Drugs
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11/12/17 Doug McVay
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is looking into setting up supervised consumption facilities for people who use drugs. The Board's task force on supervised consumption facilities delivered its report to SF's Health Commission on November 7th, so this week on Century Of Lies we listen to portions of that commission meeting.
Guest(s): Doug McVay
Organization(s): Drug War Facts
Link(s): Drug War Facts
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11/05/17 Lynn Paltrow
Drug Policy Alliance's International Reform Conference #Reform17 continues, with guests Lynn Paltrow from National Advocates for Pregnant Women, and Alix Lutnick, PhD, a senior research scientist at RTI International in San Francisco and author of "Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking: Beyond Victims and Villains."
Guest(s): Lynn Paltrow
Organization(s): National Advocates for Pregnant Women
Link(s): Drug War Facts
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10/29/17 Tamara Johnson-Shealey
Part three of our coverage of the Drug Policy Alliance's #Reform17 International Reform Conference, with GA state senate candidate Tamara Johnson-Shealey, Dan Bigg from the Chicago Recovery Alliance, and Cyndee Clay from HIPS DC.
Tamara Johnson-Shealey https://www.tamaraforgeorgia.com/
HIPS DC http://www.hips.org/
Chicago Recovery Alliance http://www.anypositivechange.org/menu.html
Guest(s): Tamara Johnson-Shealey
Organization(s): Candidate
Link(s): Drug War Facts
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10/22/17 Steve Rolles
Our special coverage of the Drug Policy Alliance's 2017 International Drug Policy Reform Conference #Reform17 in Atlanta, Georgia, continues with interviews with Nazlee Maghsoudi from the International Centre for Science in Drug Policy; Steve Rolles from the Transform Drug Policy Foundation; Dominic Corva with the Center for Study of Cannabis and Social Policy; and Maia Szalavitz, the award-winning journalist and author of Unbroken Brain, A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction.
Guest(s): Steve Rolles
Organization(s): Transform
Link(s): Transform UK
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