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.

    Vaping Works Better Than Nicotine Patches for Pregnant Smokers

    A new study published in Nature Medicine found that pregnant smokers were more likely ...

    The Methadone Clinic System Needs Abolition, Not a Tepid Reform Bill

    Peter Vanderkloot’s groundbreaking article—Methadone: Medicine, Harm Reduction or Social Control—hit me hard. As a ...

    Vapes and Methadone: An All-Round Harm Reduction Story

    Danielle Russell is a third-year PhD student at Arizona State University, and a co-investigator ...

    Taliban Announces Cruel Poppy Ban During Afghan Harvest Season

    What’s that time-worn saying about doing the same thing over and over and expecting ...

    Researchers Expose the Pitiful Quality of Highly Cited Vaping Studies

    Research on the safety and efficacy of vaping has been hotly contested for over ...

    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 ...

    Watch: The War on Vaping Closes a Shop in East Harlem

    Spike Babaian is the Swiss Army Knife of vaping. She is a fierce advocate ...

    SAMHSA Weighs Permanent Methadone Take-Homes, Decades Too Late

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