Kastalia Medrano

    Kastalia is Filter‘s deputy editor. She previously worked at half a dozen mainstream digital media outlets and would not recommend the drug war coverage at any of them. For a while she was a syringe program peer worker in NYC, where she did outreach hep C testing and navigated participants through treatment. She also writes with Jon Kirkpatrick.

    Fentanyl Pill Purity Has Dropped by Nearly Half Since 2024, Per DEA Data

    On December 3, the Drug Enforcement Administration launched Fentanyl Free America, “a comprehensive enforcement ...

    Prisoners Sue Aramark, Contractor for Both Kitchen Service and Commissary

    Commissary vendors, which provide the food and hygiene items sold to incarcerated people at ...

    Trump Revives SUPPORT Act Funding Treatment and Recovery Programs

    The federal government has enacted the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of ...

    Oklahoma Bill Proposes Reimbursing Homeowners for Nearby Homelessness

    Oklahoma Senator Julie Daniels (R) has proposed legislation that would allow certain residents in ...

    FCC Moves Forward With Prison Cell Phone Signal-Jamming

    The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is moving right along in its bid to cut ...

    Twenty States Sue Trump Admin Over Cuts to Housing-First Grants

    A coalition of state attorneys general is suing the Department of Housing and Urban ...

    SAMHSA Brings Back State-Level Reports on Drug Use, Mental Health

    On November 24, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) published reports ...

    PA Clears Jails to Use Unspent Vivitrol Funds on Methadone and Suboxone

    Pennsylvania is expanding access to medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) for people in ...

    New Hampshire Circles Closer to Fentanyl Mandatory Minimums

    New Hampshire lawmakers are proposing mandatory minimums for fentanyl convictions, including one for distribution resulting in ...