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 Tenderloin Suffers Under Another Inhumane Crackdown

    “The Tenderloin is a beautifully complicated area. It’s rich in all sorts of intersecting ...

    There Has to Be a Better Way to Free Methadone

    I had a gut feeling there would be gaslighting, but I didn’t think it ...

    Watch: Adults Love Flavors, Says World-Renowned Vaping Researcher

    Fruit- and other sweet-flavored e-liquids and cartridges are at the heart of a vaping ...

    SAMHSA Weighs Permanent Methadone Take-Homes, Decades Too Late

    In March 2020, to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infections among patients and staff, ...

    National Drug-User Union Emphasizes Tobacco Harm Reduction

    Cigarette smoking among people who use illicit drugs doesn’t receive much attention, despite the ...

    Philly’s Addiction-Treatment Smoking Ban Ends, Leaving Bitter Taste

    The horribly misguided smoking and vaping ban in Philadelphia’s city-funded drug treatment programs, including ...

    Women’s Voices Among Those Absent at the Global Tobacco Control COP

    Global tobacco control is deeply political, divisive, and reflects the prevailing gendered and other ...

    The FDA’s Vape Fiasco Will Perpetuate Smoking Deaths

    What’s not to love to hate about the Food and Drug Administration’s non-decisions on ...