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.

 This week on Century of Lies: Regulating Marijuana. The feds and the UN notwithstanding, marijuana is basically legal for adults in several US states and some other countries including Uruguay and Canada. It was never a question of if and it’s no longer a question of when, the question now is: How will marijuana be regulated?

Hanan Abramovici, PhD
Hanan Abramovici, PhD, Health Canada
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This week on Century of Lies: Stimulants. It’s morning again in America so it’s time to wake up, smell the coffee, and take a good hard look at stimulants.

Steven Shoptaw
Steven Shoptaw, UNODC
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This week on Century of Lies: The Path To End AIDS. UNAIDS recently launched its 2023 Global AIDS Update. We hear from UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima; Loic Michaud, Head Nurse and an addiction consultant at Checkpoint Geneva; Yana Panfilova with Teenergizer; and Gibstar Makangila with Circle of Hope.

UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima
Winnie Byanyima, UNAIDS
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This week on Century of Lies: Saving Lives With Safer Supply. The National Safer Supply Community of Practice released a new community report entitled Prescription For Safety: A Study of Safer Opioid Supply Programs in Ontario.

Rose Schmidt
Rose Schmidt
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This week on Century of Lies: Fentanyl and Safer Smoking Kits. Were joined in conversation by Haven Wheelock, Harm Reduction Services Manager at Outside In, to discuss fentanyl, smoking as an alternative to injection, and safer smoking kits.

Allison Newman
Allison Newman, Outside In
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This week on Century of Lies: Scotland Takes A Stand.

Beau Kilmer
Beau Kilmer
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This week on Century of Lies: Indigenous Rights, Colonialism, and Psychedelic Exploitation. We hear audio from an indigenous rights/anti-colonialism protest that interrupted the closing ceremony of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies’ fourth Psychedelic Science conference last month.

Meagan Sway
Meagan Sway, Indigenous Rights, Colonialism, and Psychedelic Exploitation
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This week on Century of Lies: A Citizens’ Assembly On Drugs Use.

Doctor Nuno Capaz
Nicki Killeen, the Republic of Ireland
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This week on Century of Lies: Drug Arrests, Overdose, and Treatment. We’re joined in conversation by Caroline A.

Caroline A. King, MD, PhD
Caroline A. King, MD, PhD
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This week on Century of Lies: Drug Policy, Health, and Human Rights.

Jagpreet Chhatwal
Jagpreet Chhatwal, Harvard Medical School
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