Helen Redmond

    Helen is Filters 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.

    El Chapo’s Trial Was a Drug-War Propaganda Circus

    Extraditing drug dealers from around the world to stand trial in the States is ...

    Nicotine Testing for High Schoolers Is a Drug War-Style Disaster

    As the so-called epidemic of teen vaping continues to garner sensational headlines—“Why vaping is ...

    Filter Video: Inside Portugal’s First Mobile Safe Consumption Site

    In April of this year, Portugal, a country well known for having decriminalized all ...

    US Arrival of Heat-Not-Burn Is Another Option for Smokers to Switch

    Last week the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved IQOS, a device that delivers ...

    Cops Morphing Into Social Workers Is Not a Solution

    All across the US, law enforcement asserts its power through its sheer visibility in ...

    Beyond Purdue: Our Deadly Unlearned Lessons From the Overdose Crisis

    There is a profound moment in the film And The Band Played On, about ...

    San Francisco Vapes Ban the Logical Next Step of a Harmful Campaign

    The March 19 announcement by San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera of steps to ...