This week on Century of Lies: Synthetic Drugs. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime hosted a two-day meeting of its Synthetic Drug Strategy Expert Group on January 30 and 31. Discussions focused on international integrated responses in four key areas: multilateralism, counternarcotics enforcement, early warning systems, and health responses. We hear two of the speakers: Angela Me, Chief of UNODC’s Research and Trend Analysis Branch, and Fariba Soltani, Chief of UNODC’s HIV/AIDS Section.

This week on Century of Lies: Human Rights and Drugs. The Commission on Narcotic Drugs held thematic discussions on September 21 and 22. On the subject of human rights and drug control we hear from Angela Me, Chief of the Research and Trend Analysis Branch at the UNODC, and Danilo Ballotta, Principal Policy Analyst and Coordinator for Institutional Affairs at the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction.

On this edition of Century of Lies we hear from Angela Me, chief of the UNODC Statistics and Surveys Section, on the release of World Drug Report 2021 #ShareFactsOnDrugs #DrugPolicyFacts