Century of Lies

On the new edition of Century: Newly-published research shows that compounds in hemp may prevent coronavirus from entering human cells. We speak with lead author Richard van Breemen, PhD, a Professor of Medicinal Chemistry in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Oregon State University, and a Principal Investigator at the Linus Pauling Institute. Plus the city of Toronto seeks to decriminalize simple possession of drugs.

On this holiday edition of Century, Maia Szalavitz in an interview on harm reduction and reporting on drugs, and Professor Kerwin Kaye in an interview on Synanon and punitive drug “treatment”.

On this edition of Century, we speak with Ashish Thakrar, MD, a Fellow in the National Clinician Scholars Program at the University of Pennsylvania one of the co-authors of an article entitled “Trends in Buprenorphine Use in US Jails and Prisons From 2016 to 2021”, published in the journal JAMA Network Open on November 14; plus attorney and human rights advocate Jose Manuel I. "Chel" Diokno, Chair of the Free Legal Assistance Group, on Duterte's Drug War Slaughter and the International Criminal Court.

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 consumption sites.