The Role of NRT Fatally Undermines the Anti-Vape Case
Public health authorities insist they are guided by science. But when it comes to ...
Fatal Overdose Fell 26 Percent in 2024, the Largest Decrease Ever Recorded
Overdose deaths in the United States dropped dramatically between 2023 and 2024, with decreases ...
The Merseyside Experiment: Will UK Recall Its Heroin-Prescribing History?
“The war on drugs has failed,” Zack Polanski told reporters in October 2025. The ...
DULF Challenge: Health Canada Official Flounders on the Stand
A senior Canadian bureaucrat struggled on the witness stand to reconcile past statements 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.

SAMHSA’s “Assisted Outpatient Treatment” Is Still Civil Commitment
On January 15, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) hosted a webinar to promote its program expanding ...

Naloxone Boxes: New Strategy Makes OD Antidote Accessible 24/7, for Free
In 2021, Harm Reduction Michigan (HRMI) began using streetside newspaper-style boxes to station naloxone kits in outdoor spaces where the ...

Federal Bill Would Give Some Patients “Right to Try” Psychedelics
The final weeks of 2025 have brought overlapping psychedelic drug policy efforts in Washington. Since early December, advocates have presented ...

















