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.

    “Organizing Through Pain”—Harm Reduction Leaders Address Race and Structural Violence

    A panel session titled “Organizing Through Pain and Policy: Multiracial Organizing in the Opioid ...

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    These Two Landmark Reports Should Light a Fire Under Drug Policy Reformers

    Two landmark reports about drugs and harm reduction have been released in the past ...

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    Helen Redmond

    In Defense of Juul, After the Latest Media Hit-Piece

    The media frenzy against Juul, the US market leader in vaping products, is on ...

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    Helen Redmond

    The War on Nicotine Pits Prejudice Against Public Health

    There’s a war on nicotine. And just like the War on Drugs in general, ...

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    Helen Redmond