MOTAA 2.0 Is Not Real Methadone Reform
The Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act (MOTAA) is back. An updated version was reintroduced ...
Plain Packaging and “Drab” Colors: The UK’s Latest Anti-Vape Plan
The United Kingdom could impose restrictions on nicotine vapes’ packaging, flavor descriptions and visibility ...
How Ontario’s Safer Supply Programs Impacted First Nations Peoples
In late 2024, Ontario had the most safer supply programs of any province in ...
Oregon Will Close Its Oldest Prison by Building Two, One for “Geriatric” Care
Aliza Kaplan spends most Wednesday nights inside Oregon State Penitentiary, the state’s only maximum-security ...
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.
The Communities We’ve Built in Prison
The informal, prisoner-led writing club at South Central Correctional Facility in Tennessee has a dozen or so members. Earlier in ...
Lockdowns Are a Dangerous Way for Prisons to Respond to Gang Violence
One morning in July we wake to rumors of being on lockdown, which happens at least once a month these ...
Trial Tax: Long Prison Sentences as Punishment for Rejecting a Plea Deal
Twenty-five years ago, prosecutors offered T a deal: 15 years, with eligibility for parole after 12 years and nine months. ...
