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.

    FDA Reports Largest-Ever Seizure of Unregulated Nicotine Vapes

    On October 22, the Food and Drug Administration announced what appears to be the ...

    SAMHSA-Backed Toolkit Introduces Harm Reduction to Families, Caregivers

    The National Family Support Technical Assistance Center (NFSTAC) has curated a “Family & Caregiver ...

    Harris Visits Border, Confirms Plan to Arrest Our Way Out of Overdose Crisis

    In her first visit to the United States-Mexico border since 2021, Vice President Kamala ...

    The Prison Mail Bans Aren’t About Fentanyl. They’re About Understaffing.

    On September 19, Senator Robert Casey (D-PA) introduced legislation that would require the Federal ...

    Overdose Deaths Suddenly Dropped, Per Data That’s Always Been Kinda Iffy

    Between April 2023 and April 2024, drug-related deaths across the country appear to have ...

    VT Overdose Prevention Centers to Allow Smoking Areas, Mobile Units

    Vermont has unveiled operating guidelines for overdose prevention centers (OPC), which will include smoking ...

    DEA Raises ADHD Med Production Quotas. It Could Just Fix the Shortage.

    The Drug Enforcement Administration is allowing pharmaceutical companies to produce a higher volume of ...

    Triton Case: Briefs on “Poisonous” Vape Flavors Flood Supreme Court

    On September 3, attorneys general representing 19 states and the District of Columbia filed ...

    NY Gov. Hochul Silent on Overdose Prevention Centers as Pressure Mounts

    New York Governor Kathy Hochul has never been outspoken about overdose prevention centers (OPC). ...