The Lives of People Who Use Nicotine Are Not an “Endgame”
Public health was never supposed to be a game. It’s a promise: to protect ...
BC Human Rights Commissioner Slams Overdose Inaction as “Violation”
Government inaction on the overdose crisis is a human rights violation, according to a ...
As Gang Power Expands, Protective Custody in Prisons Is Changing
During my nearly 30 years of incarceration in the Tennessee prison system, there has ...
“From Forest to Dust” Shows How Drug Prohibition Drives Climate Crisis
Drug prohibition is a driver of the climate crisis, outlines a major report by ...
Former clinic director Janet Urdahl describes the system’s culture of cruetly, power imbalance and profit motives.
Filter sits down with Dr. Marewa Glover, to discuss New Zealand’s successful adoption of tobacco harm reduction.
Participants in a vaping group, held at a pioneering New York syringe service program, describe their experiences of switching from cigarettes.
“Ugly” COP11 Attacks THR, But Nations Avert Worst Damage
The World Health Organization’s 11th Conference of the Parties (COP11) to its Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) ended on ...
“Moral Bankruptcy” as WHO Opts to Maintain Global Coca Prohibition
The World Health Organization had a historic opportunity to ease a strict global ban on the coca leaf—a prohibition, campaigners ...
A Son in a Sober-Living Home, Lost to Overdose
[This article is excerpted from the book Rehab: An American Scandal. You can read Filter‘s interview with the author here.] ...
