DTN 23rd Anniversary Special. Featuring Atty Tony Serra, Alexandra Natapoff, author Charles Bowden, former mayor Kurt Schmoke, Dr Carl Hart, activist Kevin Zeese, Diane Goldstein of LEAP, author Don Winslow and author Michelle Alexander. 

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.

Paul Stanford has been working toward ending marijuana and hemp prohibition since 1984.  He first attended a protest marijuana legalization at the White House a week after his 18th birthday in 1978. In 1984, he was instrumental in a now-famous Oregon political ballot initiative called the Oregon Marijuana Initiative which made the ballot.

This week on Century of Lies: Oregon Post-Recrim: Deflection and Diversion. Loyal listeners will recall that my home state of Oregon recently took a big step backwards in drug policy by recriminalizing the simple possession of small amounts of some drugs.