This week on Century of Lies: Synthetic Drugs. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime hosted a two-day meeting of its Synthetic Drug Strategy Expert Group on January 30 and 31. Discussions focused on international integrated responses in four key areas: multilateralism, counternarcotics enforcement, early warning systems, and health responses.

This week on Century of Lies: Rebooting the Drug War. Congress appears determined to march farther down the road of drug war folly. On this week’s Century we look at two recent Congressional hearings.

This week on Century of Lies: Planet Youth. Planet Youth is a community wide approach to encourage and enable people to use data and evidence to create better, healthier environments for young people and to support healthier choices around substance use. The Scottish Drugs Forum held a webinar recently to look at the application of this approach in Scotland and the progress being made.

This week on Century of Lies: Remembering Ernie Drucker. Ernest Drucker, PhD, was a brilliant man. He was also a good friend and colleague.

This week on Century of Lies: The Intersection Between Harm Reduction and Homeless Service Work. Homelessness is on the rise around the world. People who use drugs and who are unhoused, or at risk of being unhoused, are key user groups of harm reduction services.

This week on Century of Lies: Defending the Good Samaritan. Good Samaritan Laws shield people from prosecution when they call emergency services in the case of an overdose. Just because they’re shielded from being charged and convicted, does that mean they’re also shielded from being arrested?

This week on Century of Lies: Drug War in the Amazon Basin. The Amazon basin and the tri-border region of Brazil, Colombia, and Peru have been particularly hard hit and transformed by the drug war.

This week on Century of Lies: Ukraine. At the recent European Harm Reduction Conference in Warsaw, Poland, a panel entitled "Harm Reduction in the War in Ukraine" explored innovative strategies developed to address the complex challenges posed by the war.

This week on Century of Lies: The Charter of Rights. The Scottish Government has released a new Charter of Rights for People Affected by Substance Use. The Charter was developed by an independent commission called the National Collaborative, which started work back in 2022.

This week on Century of Lies: Counterfeit Benzos. In the words of the executive producer of the Drug Truth Network, Dean Becker, Because of prohibition you don't know what's in that bag. That was true well before fentanyl came along. And these days, it's not only fentanyl, and it's not only the opioid market.