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.

    Afghanistan’s Poppy Ban May Fail. Its Success Could Bring Global Crisis.

    For decades, the war-torn country of Afghanistan has been the world’s largest producer of ...

    Watch: Denmark’s “Vaping Evangelist” Tells His Story

    When I interviewed Kim Dabelstein Petersen in the back of an empty midtown-Manhattan coffee ...

    Did ASAM Fight to Limit Federal Methadone Reform Bill?

    The American Society for Addiction Medicine (ASAM) successfully fought to prevent expansion of methadone ...

    Global Forum on Nicotine Remains Crucial to Harm Reduction

    The Global Forum on Nicotine (GFN) has just been held for the 10th time. ...

    Watch: A Documentary About Schizophrenia and Vaping

    Does anyone care that people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders have devastatingly high rates of ...

    Whiteout: A Searing Analysis of Racial Capitalism and Opioids

    Does the world really need another book that examines the opioid-involved overdose crisis? There’s ...

    Heated Tobacco Products Help People Quit Smoking, Even Unintentionally

    People who smoke switched entirely to using safer heated tobacco products when provided with ...

    Our Film Tour Is Exposing Methadone Clinics’ Cruelty

    Swallow THIS: A Documentary About Methadone and COVID-19 is currently on tour nationwide. Marilena ...

    Methadone Clinics Angry at Bad PR, But Not Afraid of SAMHSA

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) wants to revise outdated guidelines ...