Mayor Adams Oversees Huge Increase in NYPD Drug Arrests
New York City cops are arresting far more people for drugs under Mayor Eric ...
France to Ban Disposable Vapes This Year in “Dangerous” Move
France is planning to ban disposable vapes, or “puffs” as they’re known in the ...
Leaving Prison After 13 Years, and the Preparations I Made to Get Here
On September 13, I got up at 4 am and took a shower. I ...
No “Epidemic,” But CDC Delivers New Dose of Youth-Vaping Alarmism
Just in time for the new school year, the Centers for Disease Control and ...
In “It Just Starts All Over Again,”Filter interviews patients and staff at a methadone clinic, as well as drug policy expert Deborah Smalls. Why can’t access to this lifesaving medication be improved?.
Filter speaks with harm reduction activists in the Philippines, who work in the face of President Duterte’s murderous drug war.
“Nicotine Hunger,” an original Filter video, features Louise Ross, a pioneering British harm reductionist whose work includes introducing vaping to smokers in a mental health hospital.

They Call Me a Drug Seeker. Here’s What Their Opioid Policies Did to Me.
My life changed in a matter of seconds, when in 2010 I sustained a serious spinal injury in a tree-cutting ...

If You Care About the Climate Crisis, Fight to Legalize Drugs
On June 26, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime released its annual report on the illicit drug trade. ...