The False Promises of TRICOR, Tennessee’s Prison Jobs Initiative
For the past decade I worked at the print plant at South Central Correctional ...
Mexico’s Vape Prohibition Is Already Biting
A mandate to ban nicotine vapes was enshrined in Mexico’s constitution in early 2025—a ...
In British Columbia, Drug Policy Rollbacks Are Limiting HIV Care
Harley Ransom began practicing harm reduction in southeastern Ontario in the late 1980s, when ...
How to Dispose of the Environmental Argument Against Vapes?
One of the many controversies around vaping nicotine is the impact on the enviroment—particularly ...
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.

DULF Challenge: Health Canada Official Flounders on the Stand
A senior Canadian bureaucrat struggled on the witness stand to reconcile past statements by the federal government with its claim ...

The Last Days of Parole
For the first time in six years, in 2025 the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles allowed more people ...

Nicotine a Heart Threat, Per “Expert Consensus Report.” Experts Disagree.
Nicotine, regardless of the delivery system, is a “potent cardiovascular toxin,” states a recent report, calling for urgent action from ...

















