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.

    Oklahoma Prisoners Can Now Buy “Jail Puff” Vapes and Pouches

    Oklahoma has just begun allowing prisoners to purchase safer nicotine products—vapes and pouches—at commissary. ...

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    Methadone Clinics to Blame for Unacceptable Drop-Out Rates

    Given what the methadone clinic system subjects them to, is it really a surprise ...

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    Commission to Look at Methadone Regs, But Don’t Hold Your Breath

    A new National Methadone Access and Quality Commission has been created by the Foundation ...

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    “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 ...

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    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 ...

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    How to Dispose of the Environmental Argument Against Vapes?

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

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    “Shuffle” Exposes the Corrupt, Abusive Sober Homes Industry

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

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    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 ...

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    Are Methadone Clinics Really “Evolving” Toward Harm Reduction?

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

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    Blowing the Lid Off the Scandal of US Rehab

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

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