Helen Redmond 
Methadone Clinics Angry at Bad PR, But Not Afraid of SAMHSA
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) wants to revise outdated guidelines ...
Massachusetts Post-Menthols Ban: Mixed Smoking Impacts, More Policing
Massachusetts is experiencing the aftershocks of menthol prohibition. In 2020, the Bay State became ...
Evidence Is In on Vapes as Smoking Cessation. Now We Need Urgency.
In a comment published in Nature Medicine, four leading researchers marshal the evidence that ...
The Tech Companies Policing Methadone Patients for Profit
Apparently, fingernails and hair create “layers of drug history.” At the Association for the ...
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 ...
