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.

    Here’s How Infuriatingly Hard It Still Is to Get Medical Marijuana in New York

    The sciatica pain jolting down my right leg was so severe that it was ...

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    Asia Has a Smoking Epidemic—But Also Incredible Harm Reduction Innovations

    The second Asia Harm Reduction Forum convened in Manila on November 14. Organized by ...

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    “I Was Just Ignorant”—World-Renowned Vaping Researcher on His Dramatic Conversion

    Dr. Riccardo Polosa is professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Catania, Italy, and ...

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    “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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    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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    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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