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Big Shoutout to Meth

Kastalia Medrano
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A Statement About Filter

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Will Godfrey

The Drug War Myths People Still Believe

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Kastalia Medrano

We Need to Focus on Violence Against Women Who Use Drugs

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Samantha Colledge-Frisby

Finding Optimism in the Tobacco Harm Reduction Maelstrom

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Kiran Sidhu

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.

MOTAA 2.0 Is Not Real Methadone Reform

Helen Redmond

Filter's mission is to advocate through journalism for rational and compassionate approaches to drug use, drug policy and human rights.

Oregon Will Close Its Oldest Prison by Building Two, One for “Geriatric” Care
Wesley Vaughan
Three Lifers on Why Prisons Need Re-Entry Support for the Prisoners Who Aren’t Coming Home
Kastalia Medrano
How Ontario’s Safer Supply Programs Impacted First Nations Peoples
Matthew Bonn
The Communities We’ve Built in Prison
Tony Vick

South America’s Drug Supply Is Rapidly Becoming More Synthetic

Sydney Sauer

Filter's mission is to advocate through journalism for rational and compassionate approaches to drug use, drug policy and human rights.

What’s Behind the UK’s Migration to Nicotine Pouches?
Kiran Sidhu
Lockdowns Are a Dangerous Way for Prisons to Respond to Gang Violence
Jimmy Iakovos
As UK Debates Ketamine Status, Peers Are Building the Response
Brooke Nolan
Who Will Profit Most When the Drug War Ends?
Sarah Sinclair

Massachusetts House Advances Psychedelic Therapy Pilot Program

Jack Gorsline

Filter's mission is to advocate through journalism for rational and compassionate approaches to drug use, drug policy and human rights.

The Sex Offender Registry Changed How I See Homelessness
Jeff Noland
Trial Tax: Long Prison Sentences as Punishment for Rejecting a Plea Deal
Tony Vick
“It’s Authoritarian”—Harm Reduction Under San Francisco’s Backlash
Helen Redmond
AI Chatbots Bring Unexpected Business Boom to Jailhouse Lawyers
Tony Vick