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.

    “Would You Want to Live Next to a Clinic?”—Methadone NIMBYism

    The speeches at the press conference in Harlem were a distillation of stigmatizing ideas ...

    Beyond the Panic: A Harm Reduction Lens for Teen Drug Use

    Adolescent drug use often triggers moral panics, fear-mongering and the passage of draconian laws ...

    How to Dispose of the Environmental Argument Against Vapes?

    One of the many controversies around vaping nicotine is the impact on the enviroment—particularly ...

    “Shuffle” Exposes the Corrupt, Abusive Sober Homes Industry

    Shuffle is that rare documentary about drug use and rehab that doesn’t offer a ...

    Robotic Methadone Tech Not the Answer to Clinics’ Culture of Cruelty

    The methadone clinic cartel is increasingly turning to technology in order to stay in ...

    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. ...