Century of Lies Century of Lies, with 16 years on air, has more than 30 affiliate stations in the US and Canada. Running 29 minutes per episode, Century of Lies is currently produced by Doug McVay, editor of Drug War Facts.

On this edition of Century of Lies: Part one of a conversation with Shaun Shelly, the Policy, Advocacy and Human Rights Manager for People Who Use Drugs for the nonprofit organization TB HIV Care and chair of the South African Network of People Who Use Drugs; plus, we speak with Avi Yocheved, an activist, harm reduction advocate, and member of the Portland Drug Users Union, about supervised con

Shaun Shelly
Shaun Shelly, TB HIV Care
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On this edition of Century of Lies: Pablo de Greiff, Director of the Transitional Justice Program at the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice of the School of Law at New York University, and Collette Flanagan, CEO and Founder of Mothers Against Police Brutality, discuss equal access to justice for all: a necessary element of democracy, rule of law and human rights protection.

Collette Flanagan
Pablo de Greiff, Center for Human Rights and Global Justice
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On this edition of Century, we speak with Ron Williams, a longtime Portland-area community activist and the Outreach Coordinator for the Health Justice Recovery Alliance, about the Drug Addiction Treatment & Recovery Act; plus, we hear the rest of a conversation with Brittany Graham from the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU), Elli Taylor with VANDU and the Western Aboriginal Harm

Ron Williams, Health Justice Recovery Alliance
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On this edition of Century we hear more from a conversation with Brittany Graham, Acting Executive Director of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU), Elli Taylor with VANDU and the Western Aboriginal Harm Reduction Society, and Caitlin Shane, Staff Lawyer at the Pivot Legal Society. Plus, more from a conversation with Eris Nyx from the Drug User Liberation Front.

Brittany Graham, Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
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The government in British Columbia is seeking official approval from the Canadian government to decriminalize simple possession of some drugs.

Brittany Graham, Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU)
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This week on Century of Lies: a conversation with Anthony Johnson, a leader in drug policy reform who was a chief petitioner for Oregon Ballot Measure 91, which legalized adult social use of marijuana in 2014, and a chief petitioner for Oregon Ballot Measure 110, the Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act, which passed overwhelmingly in the 2020 general election.

Damon Barrett
Anthony Johnson, Oregon Ballot Measure 91
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Doctor Patricia Daly from Vancouver Coastal Health on #SafeSupply and peer-led nonprofit compassion clubs for people who use drugs.

Doctor Patricia Daly
Patricia Daly, Vancouver Coastal Health
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This week on Century of Lies, safe supply, safe consumption spaces, and decriminalizing people who use drugs: part two of my conversation with Petra Schulz, one of the co-founders of Moms Stop The Harm.

Petra Schulz
Petra Schulz, Moms Stop The Harm
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This week on Century of Lies, safe supply, safe consumption spaces, and decriminalizing people who use drugs: a conversation with Petra Schulz, a co-founder of Moms Stop The Harm.

Petra Schulz
Petra Schulz, Moms Stop The Harm
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This week on Century we talk about organizing on campus for drug policy reform in Iowa with Josh Montgomery, Outreach Coordinator for NORML-ISU at Iowa State University. Plus, the state of Massachusetts considers decriminalizing people who use drugs and establishing safe consumption sites.

Doug McVay & Dean Becker
Josh Montgomery, Health Systems Facts
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