Kastalia Medrano

    Kastalia is Filter‘s deputy editor. She previously worked at half a dozen mainstream digital media outlets and does 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.

    White House Shares First Data From Wastewater Drug-Testing Project

    The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) has published its first report on ...

    Overdose Data Show Two Paths Within Western Corridor of Rising Deaths

    The most recent monthly provisional overdose death data from the Centers for Disease Control ...

    FDA Schedules Psychedelics Hearing, Amid New Push for Medical Approval

    The Food and Drug Administration has unveiled multiple actions supporting President Donald Trump’s executive ...

    WA Begins Albertsons Opioid Trial, for Pharmacy’s Role in “Public Nuisance”

    Four years after Washington state sued Albertsons Companies, Inc. alleging that the grocery chain’s ...

    White House Releases Long-Overdue Federal Rulemaking Agenda

    The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) has finally released the Trump administration’s ...

    DEA Proposes Schedule I Ban for the First “Gas Station Drug,” Tianeptine

    On July 8, the Drug Enforcement Administration moved to permanently ban tianeptine under Schedule ...

    SAMHSA Rolls Out Funds for OUD Meds, Says That’s Not Harm Reduction

    On July 6, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration announced approximately $281.25 ...

    BOP to Close Six Prisons, as Trump Pushes Agency Deeper Into Chaos

    The federal Bureau of Prisons plans to permanently close six facilities, citing extreme understaffing ...

    Of Course 7-OH and Cychlorphine Fit Schedule I Criteria. All New Drugs Do.

    The Drug Enforcement Administration plans to order emergency placements of 7-OH, cychlorphine and multiple ...

    DHS Still Doesn’t Know What Its Fentanyl Seizures Actually Do

    In December 2022, the Department of Homeland Security was required to create a data ...