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.

    Mexico’s Government Thinks Criminalization Will Stamp Out Smoking

    If you thought Mexico’s drug war was only about illegal drugs like fentanyl or ...

    SAMHSA’s Methadone Reforms Toothless Until We End Clinics’ Power

    The COVID-19 pandemic and record overdose tolls have continued to pressure the Substance Abuse ...

    Methadone Clinics’ Conference Felt Like Being Behind Enemy Lines

    Attending the American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD) conference, held in ...

    A Long-Awaited Harm Reduction Gathering in Puerto Rico

    Puerto Rico was the location for the National Harm Reduction Conference from October 13-16—the ...

    Make It Make Sense: The Confusing Terminology Around Safer Nicotine

    Nicotine vapes contain no tobacco but are routinely called “tobacco products.” A 2019 lung ...

    A State-by-State Guide to the Cruelty of the Methadone Clinic System

    A chart book of blue national maps newly compiled by Pew Charitable Trusts is ...

    SAMHSA, the DEA Could Have Freed Methadone Any Time Since the 1970s

    Can you imagine that since the 1970s, the two federal agencies that control the ...

    Methadone Clinics Step Up Their Backlash Against Reform

    The members of the American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD) are ...