Century of Lies
03/18/08 - Doug McVay
Doug McVay, director of research for Common Sense for Drug Policy and editor of Drug War Facts reports from Vienna, Austria on the 51st annual meeting of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs with Boaz Wachtel, executive director of the Green Leaf Party of Israel, Richard Elliott, Executive Director, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, Eric Carlin, executive director of Mentor UK and a vice chair in the VNGOC and Mike Trace, co-founder and co-coordinator of the International Drug Policy Consortium.
Guest(s): Doug McVay
Organization(s): Common Sense for Drug Policy
Link(s): Drug War Facts
COL_031808.mp3
03/11/08 - Virginia McDavid
Virginia McDavid, running for a congressional seat in the state of Texas dares to discuss the need for change to our drug laws + NPR interview of "The Wire" writer & extract from "Faces of Colombia"
Guest(s): Virginia McDavid
Link(s): Virginia McDavid
COL_031108.mp3
03/04/08 - Phil Smith
Phil Smith of StopTheDrugWar.org discusses empowerment of criminals through the drug laws + Al Byrne of Patients Out of Time re med marijuana convention
Guest(s): Phil Smith
Organization(s): Stop The Drug War
Link(s): Patients out of Time, Stop The Drug War
COL_030408.mp3
02/26/08 - Mark Bennett
LEAP speaker Dean Becker interviews Mark Bennett, incoming head of the Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association regarding the DA scandal, the jail scandal, the decades long and ineffective waging of the drug war. Pt 2
Guest(s): Mark Bennett
Organization(s): Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association
Link(s): LEAP, Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association
COL_022608.mp3
02/19/08 - Dean Becker
The top 12 most dangerous drugs, according to the Lancet and as produced by the BBC.
Guest(s): Dean Becker
Organization(s): Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)
COL_021908.mp3
02/12/08 - Robert Melameade
Doctor Robert Melameade describes the endocanabinoid system and the ways that cannabis affects the human body + Doug McVay with Drug War Facts about opium in Afghanistan
Guest(s): Robert Melameade
Link(s): Drug War Facts
COL_021208.mp3
02/05/08 - Edwin C Sanders
"Black America: The Debate Within" , (Pt 2) a panel discussion from New Orleans drug conference featuring Rev. Edwin Sanders, Naomi Long, Prof. James Peterson and Prof. Glenn Loury + Doug McVay with "Drug War Facts"
Guest(s): Edwin C Sanders
Organization(s): Drug Policy Alliance
Link(s): Drug Policy Alliance, Drug War Facts
COL_020508.mp3
01/29/08 - Paul Wright
Paul Wright, editor of Prison Legal News discusses "Prison Profiteers - Who Makes Money From Mass Incarceration" the new book he co-edited.
Guest(s): Paul Wright
Organization(s): Prison Legal News
Link(s): Prison Legal News
COL_012908.mp3
01/22/08 - Edwin C. Sanders
"Black America: The Debate Within" panel discussion from New Orleans drug conference featuring Rev. Edwin Sanders, Naomi Long, Prof. James Peterson and Prof. Glenn Loury.
Guest(s): Edwin C. Sanders
Organization(s): Drug Policy Alliance
Link(s): Drug Policy Alliance
COL_012208.mp3
01/15/08 - Dominic Holden
Dominic Holden re the harms of drug prohibition. Marc Emery faces 5 years in prison for selling seeds. Bruce Mirken of Marijuana Policy Project re police killing of medical marijuana patient. Phil Smith re widespread swat raids on drug users.
Guest(s): Dominic Holden
Organization(s): NORML
Link(s): NORML
COL_011508.mp3