Century of Lies Century of Lies, with 16 years on air, has more than 30 affiliate stations in the US and Canada. Running 29 minutes per episode, Century of Lies is currently produced by Doug McVay, editor of Drug War Facts.

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.

Jason Wallace, Scottish Drugs Forum
Jason Wallace, Scottish Drugs Forum, Scottish Drugs Forum
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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 dont know whats in that bag. That was true well before fentanyl came along. And these days, its not only fentanyl, and its not only opioids.

Shaleen Title
Shaleen Title
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Human Rights and Decolonization. The UNs Commission on Narcotic Drugs and Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice held joint meetings December 4 and 5. Topics being discussed included the WHO Expert Committees upcoming review of the coca plant. We hear from the delegates from Bolivia, Colombia, and Mexico.

Ann Fordham
Ann Fordham, Executive Director of the International Drug Policy Consortium, Executive Director of the International Drug Policy Consortium
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This week on Century of Lies: Social Responses for Women Who Use Drugs. The European Union Drugs Agency in collaboration with the Cooperation Programme between Latin America, the Caribbean and the European Union on drug policies recently held a webinar entitled Health and social responses for women who use drugs — perspectives from Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe.

Linda Montanari
Linda Montanari, European Union Drugs Agency
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This week on Century of Lies: State of the Global Drug War 2024. The United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs held a set of thematic discussions November 12 through 14. On this edition of Century hear from Chloe Carpentier, Chief of the Research and Knowledge Production Section at the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, about the state of the global drug war in 2024.

Chloe Carpentier
Chloe Carpentier, The United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs
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 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.

Adriana Foronda
Adriana Foronda, a Bolivian diplomat, The Commission on Narcotic Drugs
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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.

Kasia Malinowska, DrPH
His Excellency Ambassador Diego Pary, United Nations Decriminalizing and Decolonizing Coca
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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.

Nabarun Dasgupta
Nabarun Dasgupta, PhD, MPH, New York State Harm Reduction Association Conference
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 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.

Colleen Daniels
Colleen Daniels, Harm Reduction International
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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.

Dana Larsen
Dana Larsen, Mushroom Dispensary and Microdose Cafe
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