Helen Redmond

    Helen is Filter‘s senior editor and a multimedia journalist. Her debut book is Liquid Handcuffs: Policing and Punishment in Methadone Clinics and the Future of Opioid Addiction Treatment. She is also a filmmaker; her two documentaries about methadone, Liquid Handcuffs and Swallow THIS, have screened nationally and internationally. Helen is an adjunct assistant professor at New York University.

    Mexico Supreme Court Nixes Import Ban on “Heat-Not-Burn” Harm Reduction Products

    On July 16, Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled that heated tobacco products (HTP), sometimes known ...

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    “I Rarely Vape Until Cocktail Hour”—Patt Denning’s THR Journey 

    Dr. Patt Denning has been a leading harm reduction advocate for over 30 years. ...

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    Why a Menthol Cigarette Ban Cannot Be the Answer

    It’s Been A Long Time Coming…A Long Time Coming…But I Know A Change is ...

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    The Methadone Manifesto: A Powerful Blow Against the Clinic System

    The Methadone Manifesto is a brilliant, badass, long-overdue gut punch to the antiquated US ...

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    One Year Into COVID, Methadone Deliveries Show the Way Forward

    Created in the spring of 2020, the New York City Methadone Delivery System (MDS) ...

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    Study Shows How Much Vapes Can Help Smokers With Schizophrenia

    A groundbreaking study from Italy with adults who have schizophrenia spectrum disorders found that ...

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    Boston’s “Methadone Mile” and the Wars on Drug Users, Unhoused People

    Four gentrifying Boston neighborhoods—Roxbury, Dorchester, the South End and South Boston—collide and form the ...

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    Biden Has a COVID Plan, But Won’t Learn Deeper Health Care Lessons

    Donald Trump, the corrupt, narcissistic demagogue, has left the Whitehouse in the midst of ...

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    Ten Photos From 2020 That Reflect 2021’s Biggest Challenges

    Few years in living memory have been as dramatic and distressing as 2020, and ...

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    Burning Issues: A Call to Liberate Vapes and Vapers

    “Tobacco harm reduction is good public health and health promotion, starting with the people ...

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