CVS, Walgreens and Walmart Beat Rx Opioid Racketeering Lawsuit
A legal battle between Florida hospitals and the nation’s biggest pharmacy chains came to ...
ICE Picked Him Up From Prison. Then Agents “Hounded” His Family.
[Read Part 1 of this story here] In late 2025 Mateo* completed his ...
Teen Vaping Has Long Been Falling. Why Do Schools Think the Opposite?
Teen vaping in the United States has plummeted over the past six years, according ...
Carceral Health Care Profiteers Keep Evading Responsibility for Harms
In 2018, 40-year-old Wade Jones was arrested in Michigan for shoplifting several bottles of ...
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.

“Consider Tapering”—SAMHSA Turns Against Long-Term Methadone Use
Beware a “Dear Colleague” letter from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) that offers “updated guidance” on ...

Portland Changes “Nuisance Property” Code, a Crackdown on Motel Sex Work
Emi Koyama is the founder of Seattle-based Coalition for Rights & Safety for People in the Sex Trade. Her advocacy ...

Partnering With Methadone Clinics “Transforms” Hep C Care, Study Finds
Hepatitis C has a cure. Yet the bloodborne virus causes hundreds of thousands of preventable deaths around the world every ...

















