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.

    “Love Rules”—Essential Exhibition Centers Harm Reduction History

    The history of harm reduction in the United States, led by people who use ...

    A Day at the DEA Museum

    Why would anyone visit the DEA Museum? My excuse was to see all the ...

    How “Trojan Horse Technology” Turned Health Care Into Policing

    Policing Patients: Treatment and Surveillance on the Frontlines of the Opioid Crisis is a ...

    “Essential in Our World”—NYC Harm Reductionist on Vaping

    “Harm reduction for tobacco is essential in our world,” says Jerry Otero. “So many ...

    “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) ...