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 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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This week on Century of Lies: Incarceration and Crime. The Sentencing Project has released a new report entitled “Incarceration & Crime: A Weak Relationship,” which illustrates that less imprisonment often happens alongside improvements to community safety.

Anna Flagg
Anna Flagg, Sentencing Project
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This week on Century of Lies: Stigma. Since 2015, the Stigma Indicators Monitoring Project at the University of New South Wales has documented the expression and experiences of stigma and discrimination towards people affected by blood borne viruses and sexually transmitted infections. On this edition of Century we’ll hear about the work of the Project from Dr.

Dr. Elena Cama
Dr. Elena Cama, Stigma Indicators Monitoring Project
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