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.

    “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 ...

    Watch: “Utter Rubbish”—Powerhouse Vape Activist Demands Voice

    Judy Gibson is a pistol—one of the fiercest, most unapologetic tobacco harm reduction advocates ...