On this edition of Century of Lies: Safer Drug Laws. The New Zealand
Drug Foundation recently launched a major new report entitled Safer
drug laws for Aotearoa New Zealand: Evidence to inform regulatory
change. The report\'s release coincides with the fiftieth anniversary
of New Zealand\'s Misuse of Drugs Act becoming law in 1975. We\'ll hear
Sarah Helm, Executive Director of NZDF, presenting the report. Plus,
the Security Council of the United Nations held an emergency meeting
Friday October Tenth at the request of Venezuela to address recent
deadly military strikes by the United States on vessels in the
Caribbean that were alleged to be involved in drugs. We\'ll hear His
Excellency Samuel Moncada, Permanent Representative of the Bolivarian
Republic of Venezuela to the United Nations, addressing the Security
Council.