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: 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.

Dr. Caroline Copeland
Dr. Caroline Copeland, Bristol Medical School. https://barod.cymru/
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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.

Ken Sanchagrin
Ken Sanchagrin, Oregon Legislature’s Joint Interim Committee On Addiction and Community Safety Response
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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.

Principal Investigator in the Randomised Injectable Opiate Treatment
Professor Sir John Strang, MD, University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.
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This week on Century of Lies: Young People and Alcohol. On Monday Sept.

Doctor Pablo Estrella Porter
Doctor Pablo Estrella Porter, Ministry of Health of Spain
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This week on Century of Lies: Psychedelics and PTSD Treatment. The Reagan-Udall Foundation for the Food and Drug Administration is a nonprofit organization that was created by Congress to advance the mission of the FDA.

Paula Schnurr, PhD,
Paula Schnurr, PhD,, Reagan-Udall Foundation for the Food and Drug Administration
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This week on Century of Lies: Overdose Awareness.

Jared Brown
Jared Brown
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This week on Century of Lies: Nitazenes. International Overdose Awareness Day is observed annually on August 31. The first observance was organized in 2001 by S-J Finn, a harm reduction worker who managed a needle and syringe service program in St.

Tony Duffin
Tony Duffin, Ana Liffey Drug Project
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This week on Century of Lies: A Look Back At Seattle Hempfest. In August 1991, a group of weed activists and freedom lovers gathered in Volunteer Park in Seattle, Washington for the Washington Hemp Expo. >From these modest beginnings grew the largest protestival in the world: Seattle Hempfest.

Hempfest Speaker
Doug McVay , Seattle Hempfest
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This week on Century of Lies: FDA Rejects MAPS MDMA-Assisted Therapy. On August Ninth, the Food and Drug Administration formally rejected a New Drug Application submitted by Lykos Therapeutics for its MDMA-Assisted Therapy. While this news came as a shock to some, back in June an FDA advisory committee recommended rejecting the application.

Brian Pace, PhD
Brian Pace, PhD, World Health Systems Facts
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This week on Century of Lies: Birth Behind Bars. The Senate Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law held a hearing recently to shine a light on the pervasive abuse of pregnant women in prisons around the country.

Doctor Carolyn Sufrin
Doctor Carolyn Sufrin, Senate Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Human Rights
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