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.

    “The Forgotten Substance”—Harm Reduction Vaping Groups in Portugal

    When more people in harm reduction are considering how to integrate tobacco harm reduction ...

    “You’ll Get That Bounce!” NY Harm Reduction Org Hosts Vaping Group

    St. Ann’s Corner of Harm Reduction (SACHR) is a pioneering organization. When it started ...

    “Horrible”—Harm Reduction Legend Discusses the Methadone System

    I first heard Edith Springer speak at the 2004 Harm Reduction Coalition conference in ...

    No Drug Education: The Rise and Fall of DARE

    Praised by politicians, parents and presidents, police officers taught DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) ...

    Can Methadone Vans Deliver the Goods?

    A long white van, stocked with clear plastic cups and a machine that dispenses ...

    With New Final Methadone Rule, SAMHSA Isn’t Coming to Save Us

    People on methadone in the United States have been thrown under the bus yet ...

    Watch: Mandela Asked This Harm Reductionist, “How Can I Be Helpful?”

    Dr. Kgosi Letlape has been a passionate and relentless activist on the side of ...

    Pop-up Overdose Prevention Tent an Act of Defiance and Love

    On International Overdose Awareness Day on August 31, in an act of civil disobedience, ...

    Rep. Norcross Admits His Methadone Bill Isn’t Enough. We Should, Too.

    It was the weirdest thing. Representative Donald Norcross (D, NJ) agreed with me that ...