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.

    “Shuffle” Exposes the Corrupt, Abusive Sober Homes Industry

    Shuffle is that rare documentary about drug use and rehab that doesn’t offer a ...

    Robotic Methadone Tech Not the Answer to Clinics’ Culture of Cruelty

    The methadone clinic cartel is increasingly turning to technology in order to stay in ...

    Are Methadone Clinics Really “Evolving” Toward Harm Reduction?

    “The Evolving Field of Opioid Treatment” was the theme of the American Association for ...

    Blowing the Lid Off the Scandal of US Rehab

    Trigger warning! Shoshana Walter’s new book, Rehab: An American Scandal, is going to make ...

    Remembering Louise Vincent, a Fighter for Drug-User Rights

    The dictionary definition of “force of nature” should consist of two words: Louise Vincent. ...

    What New York’s Cigarette Litter Says About Tobacco Control

    Welcome to New York City, the cigarette tax evasion capital of the East Coast. ...

    “Mother of Methadone”—Trailblazing and Stigma in Addiction Medicine

    With Dr. Melody Glenn’s new book—Mother of Methadone: A Doctor’s Quest, A Forgotten History, ...

    Indian Doctors Join Call to End the Country’s Vape Ban

    India’s vape ban has been enforced for six long years, in a country where ...

    Despite FDA Authorization, the Damage of the Juul Frenzy Lingers

    Well, well, well. On July 17, after five long years trying to prove what ...