“Drug-Induced Homicide” Doesn’t Have to be Prosecuted
Over the past five years, five more states have passed drug-induced homicide (DIH) statutes, ...
Documents Shed New Light on the FDA’s Vape Authorization Plans
Documents obtained by Filter provide insight into the Food and Drug Administration’s early planning ...
Why Allowing Only Prison-Issue Cell Phones Hurts Our Reentry Prospects
The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) is no longer allowing prisoners on work release ...
Rhode Island Becomes the 19th State to Legalize Marijuana
The governor of Rhode Island signed a bill on May 25 to legalize marijuana, ...
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 ...