Helen Redmond

    Helen is Filter‘s senior editor and a multimedia journalist. She is on the methadone, vaping and nicotine train. Helen is also a filmmaker. Her two documentaries about methadone are Liquid Handcuffs and Swallow THIS. As an LCSW, she has worked with people who use drugs for over two decades. Helen is an adjunct assistant professor and teaches a course about the War on Drugs at NYU. She lives in Harlem.

    Are Methadone Clinics Really “Evolving” Toward Harm Reduction?

    “The Evolving Field of Opioid Treatment” was the theme of the American Association for ...

    Blowing the Lid Off the Scandal of US Rehab

    Trigger warning! Shoshana Walter’s new book, Rehab: An American Scandal, is going to make ...

    Remembering Louise Vincent, a Fighter for Drug-User Rights

    The dictionary definition of “force of nature” should consist of two words: Louise Vincent. ...

    What New York’s Cigarette Litter Says About Tobacco Control

    Welcome to New York City, the cigarette tax evasion capital of the East Coast. ...

    “Mother of Methadone”—Trailblazing and Stigma in Addiction Medicine

    With Dr. Melody Glenn’s new book—Mother of Methadone: A Doctor’s Quest, A Forgotten History, ...

    Indian Doctors Join Call to End the Country’s Vape Ban

    India’s vape ban has been enforced for six long years, in a country where ...

    Despite FDA Authorization, the Damage of the Juul Frenzy Lingers

    Well, well, well. On July 17, after five long years trying to prove what ...

    Why Dr. Mark Tyndall Is Taking a Stand for Tobacco Harm Reduction

    The tobacco harm reduction movement has long needed doctors to unapologetically make the case ...

    “Love Rules”—Essential Exhibition Centers Harm Reduction History

    The history of harm reduction in the United States, led by people who use ...