Drug Truth Network

The Drug Truth Network (DTN) is a media production organization dedicated to exposing the fraud, misdirection, and wastefulness of the “war on drugs.” We invite you to share DTN’s “unvarnished truth about the drug war,” through our innovative radio programming, including Century of Lies, Cultural Baggage and 4:20 Drug War News.  Dean Becker & Doug McVay produce nine radio programs per week for the Drug Truth Network (DTN).

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Cultural Baggage

11/12/24 Lt. Diane Goldstein

Lt. Diane Goldstein, the Executive Director of Law Enforcment Action Partnership is our guest. Topics include political results of the recent election, incremental changes to drug laws, a return to prior, failing tactics, immigration and the international opium trade.

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Lt. Diane Goldstein

Century of Lies

11/12/24 Decriminalizing and Decolonizing Coca

This week on Century of Lies: Decriminalizing and Decolonizing Coca. The nations of Colombia and Bolivia held an event at the United Nations in New York on November Seventh to challenge the negative connotation attributed to the coca plant. The event was entitled "Beyond Declassification: Detoxifying Narratives Around the Coca Leaf.” On this edition of Century we hear from two of the speakers: His Excellency Ambassador Diego Pary, Permanent Representative of Bolivia to the UN, and Kasia Malinowska, DrPH, Director of Drug Policy

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Kasia Malinowska, DrPH

Moral High Ground

11/12/24 Lt. Diane Goldstein

Extended interview with Lt. Diane Goldstein, the Executive Director of Law Enforcment Action Partnership is our guest. Topics include political results of the recent election, incremental changes to drug laws, a return to prior, failing tactics, immigration and the international opium trade.

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Lt. Diane Goldstein

Becker's Buds

Marshall Fogg retired from the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) and Department of Justice (DOJ) as a Chief with 32 years of federal service while obtaining the highest law enforcement awards from the USMS Director, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, the Federal Bar Association and others, for service above and beyond the call of duty. He was officially honored with a task force plaque displaying ‘Batman’ for his ‘Gotham City’ and super hero characterization while on 24 hour call supervising joint USMS/DEA/State & Municipal enforcement operations nationwide. During his tenure in the USMS he was a member of the Special Operations Group (SOG) aka, SWAT TEAM which, included extensive training in Major Court Security OPS, Scuba Dive Rescue Specialist, Paratrooper, Special Assault Weapons, HandTo-Hand Combat, Improvised Explosive Devices and Foreign Dignitary Protection for the United Nations, General Assembly.

4:20 Drug War News