After Colombia’s Election, What Are the Prospects for Better Drug Policy?
Colombia’s federal election this month brought victory for Gustavo Petro, who is seen as ...
Win for Pain Patients as SCOTUS Cuts DEA’s Power to Persecute Prescribers
On June 27, the United States Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that the government cannot ...
Quitting Kratom Reminded Me How Little Drugs Have to Do With Addiction
“I admitted I was powerless over my addiction” is a phrase I only uttered ...
Juul Ordered Off the US Vape Market by the FDA
On June 23, the FDA denied the marketing applications for Juul, which would pull ...
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.

The US Gets Its First Free, Rapid Drug-Checking Mail Program
Traditionally, the conversation around US safe supply consists of saying that we don’t have one and then pointing to Canada. ...

How the Criminalization of Testosterone Attacks Gender Variant People
On a Saturday night two years ago, Stann Fransisco was driving back home to New Mexico after visiting their parents ...