On this edition of Century: The Human Cost. Funding cuts by the US have triggered major shocks and widespread service disruptions across harm reduction programs around the world. The International Network of People who Use Drugs surveyed organizations and service providers last year to assess the damage done.

On this edition of Century: A World in Turmoil. In early 2025, abrupt funding cuts by the U-S triggered a major shock and widespread service disruptions across already underfunded harm reduction services and programs. One year on, and combined with the rise of more punitive drug policies these cuts have pushed people who use drugs into a full-blown emergency.

On this edition of Century: World Drug Report 2026 Part Two. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime released its annual World Drug Report on June 26.

On this edition of Century: World Drug Report 2026. June 26 was the Support Don’t Punish International Day of Action. It’s also the day when the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime releases its annual World Drug Report.

On this edition of Century: A Harm Reduction Approach to Treatment. Host Doug McVay is joined in conversation by Sheila Vakharia, PhD to discuss drug policy reform, harm reduction, and the case for a harm reduction approach to substance use disorder treatment.

On this edition of Century: Treatment Initiation in the Emergency Department. Host Doug McVay is joined in conversation by Professor Kathryn Hawk, MD, MHS. Dr. Hawk is an attending physician in the Yale New Haven Hospital Emergency Department and an Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Yale School of Public Health and the Program in Addiction Medicine. Dr.

On this edition of Century: The Math of Fentanyl.

On this edition of Century: Drugs in Europe. The European Union Drugs Agency, EUDA for short, released its European Drug Report 2026 at a news conference on June 9. We’ll hear an overview of the report plus questions from the media to the panelists at the event: Dr. Lorraine Nolan, EUDA Executive Director; Magnus Brunner, European Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration; and Dr.

On this edition of Century of Lies: Drug Policy in New York. Host Doug McVay is joined in conversation by Toni Smith, New York State Director of the Drug Policy Alliance to discuss marijuana legalization, harm reduction, abusive police practices, and the state of drug policy reform in New York.

On this edition of Century: Kratom in Montana. The Montana Legislature is between sessions. Work continues howeve, r, with proposed legislation being drafted and interim committees discussing legislation to be introduced in the 2027 session. One of the topics Montana legislators are working on is kratom, and the question legislators are asking is whether to regulate or just ban the substance.