Portland Jail-Deflection Participants Who “Fail” Will Soon Face Prosecution
It’s been 18 months since the rollback of Measure 110, Oregon’s landmark bill decriminalizing ...
Heated Tobacco Products Shouldn’t Be a Harm Reduction Afterthought
Gary Sweeney may be in a minority among people who quit smoking in his ...
Primary Care “Opioid Risk Scores” Poorly Predict Individual OD Risk
In 2019, Epic—the company behind the MyChart health care software used by over 190 ...
“We Are Doing It to Survive”—In Cape Town, the Drug Trade Feels Inevitable
Cape Town, South Africa, is a city renowned for its breathtaking landscapes and vibrant ...
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.

Lack of Public Bathrooms Makes Cities More Hostile
Back in February, a woman shared a tale of urban woe on social media. She wrote that her husband had ...

The Youth-Smoking Collapse Nobody Wants to Talk About
For more than a decade, one of the most persistent claims in the tobacco control echo chamber has been that ...

How to Dispose of the Environmental Argument Against Vapes?
One of the many controversies around vaping nicotine is the impact on the enviroment—particularly of disposable, single-use vapes. When this ...

















