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.

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.

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.

 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.