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Cultural Baggage Radio Show

(29:00)  Guest: Phil Smith has served as writer and editor of the Drug War Chronicle newsletter since May 2000. He has reported from the opium fields of Afghanistan and the coca fields of Bolivia and Peru, as well as the US-Mexico border and the mean streets of North American cities from Vancouver to Washington, DC.

Phil Smith of Stop the Drug War
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Century of Lies

This week on Century of Lies it's the first part of my conversation with the writer, activist, and regional NORML organizer Chris Goldstein.

Chris Goldstein of NORML
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Cultural Baggage Radio Show

Howard Wooldrige recently gave a talk to Grover Norquists gathering about Policing for Profit on US highways.

Howards Vision Statement:

Howard Wooldrige of Citizens Opposing Prohibition
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Century of Lies

This week on Century of Lies: Human Rights and the Drug War. In the Philippines, former Senator Leila de Lima was imprisoned for nearly seven years by the Duterte regime, framed for crimes she didn’t commit because she spoke out against human rights abuses and extrajudicial killings there.

Palani Narayanan of Director of the Drug Policy Program at the Malaysian AIDS Foundation
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Cultural Baggage Radio Show

Rusty White became a top K-9 narcotics dog trainer, Track and Attack K-9 trainer and handler, and served as the sniper for the Department of Corrections. White also worked for 7 years as a corrections officer in an maximum security prison in Arizona. White started to question the way the War on Drugs was being fought.

Rusty White of Law Enforcement Action Partnership
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Century of Lies

This week on Century of Lies: Militarization of the Global Drug War. On this edition of Century we look at states of emergency, the militarization of the global drug war, and measures to address these critical human rights challenges.

Ambika Satkunanathan of Ambika Satkunanathan
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Cultural Baggage Radio Show

Two guests this week:  Doug McVay DTN reporter based on Oregon who produces Century of Lies each week, plus anthouny Taylor Cannabis Consultant, Chair, Oregon Cannabis Commission, Co-founder, Compassionate Oregon, an Oregon 501(c)4, non-profit medical cannabis advocacy organization.

 

Anthony Taylor
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Century of Lies

This week on Century of Lies: #CND67 Part Four: The Side Events.

Ganna Dovbakh of UN’s Commission on Narcotic Drugs
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Cultural Baggage Radio Show

Matt Elrod has been a computer enthusiast since he purchased his first TRS-80 PC with 16 kilobytes of ram and a cassette tape drive. Matt became interested in reforming drug laws after becoming a father in 1987. "The drug war did not protect me, my siblings or my friends from drugs and I do not expect it to protect my children."

Matt Elrod, Glenda Barr of Drug Reform Coordination Network.
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Century of Lies

This week on Century of Lies: #CND67 Part Three. On this edition of Century of Lies, Part Three of our coverage of the Sixty-Seventh Session of the UN’s Commission on Narcotic Drugs.

Charity Monareng of UN’s Commission on Narcotic Drugs
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