The Way Forward for Cannabis and Racial Justice
The way forward first involves looking back. It requires us to acknowledge and understand ...
“My Fear of Dying Was Erased”—the Call for End-of-Life Psilocybin Care
When Janis Hughes finished her first high-dose psilocybin trip, she thought she might die ...
Why Three Mountain States Rejected Drug-Induced Homicide Laws
The Mountain states, like many others, are wrestling with an overdose crisis caused by ...
Teenagers Pathologized by Traditional Addiction Treatment
When Alice* was 12 years old, her mother discovered some diary entries she had ...
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.

“Where They’re At”—Harm Reduction in Rural America
On a warm winter night, a small group of harm reduction workers in Charleston, West Virginia, stuffed the trunk of ...

How the Drug War Fosters Devastating Land-Grabs
Few, if any of us, remain unaware of how industries can inflict catastrophic environmental damage—on renewable and nonrenewable resources from ...