Many Flaws, Few Retractions: “Vapes-Cause-Cancer” Studies
Two more published studies claiming to link vaping to cancer have come under fire ...
Could Aversion Therapy for Alcohol Use Disorder Make a Comeback?
Schick Shadel Hospital in Burien, Washington, was the sole remaining facility in the United ...
Prison Suicide Watch Was Once a Staff Job. “Inmate Observers” Are Cheaper.
[Read Part 1 of this story here] Up until 2019, monitoring the people in ...
New Jersey Harm Reduction Under a New Governor—and Trump
New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill (D), who took office in January, has a huge ...
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.
Jair Bolsonaro, Enemy of Books, Now in Brazil’s Prison Reading Program
In 2020, Brazil’s then-president Jair Bolsonaro criticized grade-school didactic books for having “too much written in them.” Apparently the Left, ...
Heated Tobacco Products Shouldn’t Be a Harm Reduction Afterthought
Gary Sweeney may be in a minority among people who quit smoking in his community in County Donegal, Ireland, but ...
How Tennessee’s Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills Are Already Playing Out in Prison
Through my three decades of incarceration in Tennessee, I’ve seen attitudes toward LGBTQ+ prisoners like myself change a lot. But ...
