The Drug Truth Network (DTN) is a media production organization dedicated to exposing the fraud, misdirection, and wastefulness of the “war on drugs.” We invite you to share DTN’s “unvarnished truth about the drug war,” through our innovative radio programming, including Century of Lies, Cultural Baggage and 4:20 Drug War News.  Dean Becker & Doug McVay produce nine radio programs per week for the Drug Truth Network (DTN).

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Cultural Baggage

04/14/26 Eric Sterling & Major Neill Franklin

Eric Sterling & Major Neill Franklin. Topics include the memory of the Shining City on the Hill, Israels attack on Lebanon, Fascism in the drug war and much more.   Eric Sterling was Counsel to the US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee. 

 

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Eric Sterling
Fmr. Counsel to the US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee
, Major Neill Franklin
Fmr. Director of LEAP

Century of Lies

04/07/26 Advancing Justice and Equality

On this edition of Century: Advancing Justice and Equality. The International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in the context of Law Enforcement (EMLER) met for its fifth session March 24 and 25 at the UN in New York. They held two days of public in-person consultations on systemic racism against Africans and people of African descent in the enforcement of drug laws and policies. This week is part two of our coverage of EMLER’s Fifth Session featuring highlights from day two, including presentations by Adeola Young, Founder and Director of Groundation, and Dr. Kojo Koram, a Professor in Law and Political Economy at Loughborough University.

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Adeola Young
Founder and Director of Groundation
, Dr. Kojo Koram
Professor in Law and Political Economy at Loughborough University

4:20 Drug War News

The 90 minute premiere of CLAIMING THE MORAL HIGH GROUND - A Global Indictment of the War on Drugs video features 19 government officials and high level experts from around the world, all greatly desirous of being a part of this "indictment'. These experts describe in great detail the misery, the ineptitude, the corruption and the myriad horrors we inflict on ourselves and the whole world by continuing to believe in the policy of drug prohibition. Thankfully they also provide the simple solution, first to decriminalize to prove a point and then ASAP to legalize, regulate and actually control these now ludicrously named "controlled substances".

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Claiming the Moral High Ground