This week on Century of Lies: Descheduling Coca. The Commission on Narcotic Drugs just completed a set of intersessional meetings in Vienna, Austria, which were held November 12 through 14. One of the topics under discussion was the international scheduling of the coca plant.

This week on Century of Lies: Decriminalizing and Decolonizing Coca. The nations of Colombia and Bolivia held an event at the United Nations in New York on November Seventh to challenge the negative connotation attributed to the coca plant.

This week on Century of Lies: New York State Harm Reduction Association Conference Highlights. On this edition of Century we feature highlights from the New York State Harm Reduction Association’s 2024 annual conference, which was held October Twenty-First and Twenty-Second both online and in-person in Binghamton, New York.

 This week on Century of Lies: The Global State of Harm Reduction. On Tuesday October 29, Harm Reduction International released its new report entitled The Global State of Harm Reduction 2024. HRI held a news conference to announce the release and discuss their findings.

This week on Century of Lies: Civilly Disobedient. Dana Larsen is a political activist, business owner, and drug policy reform movement leader located in Vancouver, BC. On Thursday October, 17, Dana’s Mushroom Dispensary and Microdose Cafe in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside was raided by Vancouver Police.

This week on Century of Lies: Respecting the Rights and Dignity of People Who Use Drugs. From 2020 until the arrests in 2023, the Drug User Liberation Front provided a safe supply of drugs to a small number of people who use drugs in that part of northern Abya Yala known colonially as Vancouver, BC. The drugs were sourced via the Dark Web, purity and potency tested with a mass spectrometer.

This week on Century of Lies: Nitazenes in the UK. Nitazenes are a type of synthetic opioid that’s been turning up as a contaminant in the unregulated drug supplies in Australia, New Zealand, the EU, and the UK. Barod, a harm reduction and recovery services provider in Wales, held a webinar recently on nitazenes. On this edition of Century we hear from two of the presenters: Dr.

This week on Century of Lies: Oregon Post-Recrim: Deflection and Diversion. Loyal listeners will recall that my home state of Oregon recently took a big step backwards in drug policy by recriminalizing the simple possession of small amounts of some drugs.

This week on Century of Lies: The Courage To Do What Works. Professor Sir John Strang, MD, is a clinical academic and one of the world’s leading addictions researchers.

This week on Century of Lies: Young People and Alcohol. On Monday Sept.