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.

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    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

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    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, ...

    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 ...