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.

    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 ...

    UK Will Send a Powerful Message by Allowing NHS to Prescribe Vapes

    The UK has long been among the world’s leaders in tobacco harm reduction, and ...

    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 ...

    Afghanistan’s “Forever” Drug War Has No End in Sight

    “It is time to end the forever war,” declared President Joe Biden. After 20 ...

    New Evidence Exposes Harms of Philly’s Smoking Ban in Drug Treatment

    “Huge step backwards for recovery, it sucks!” was how one participant in a new ...

    Watch: Patt Denning Describes Her Switch From Cigarettes to Vapes

    Dr. Patt Denning is a pioneer in developing the field of harm reduction therapy. ...

    As New Zealand Cigarette Taxes Climb, So Do Harms to Poor and Indigenous Smokers

    When it comes to taxing cigarettes, there’s rarely any opposition from lawmakers. “Sin taxes,” ...