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.

    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). ...

    Fentanyl Doomsday Prepping

    On August 26, pharmaceutical manufacturer Indivior announced that it had begun supplying the Biomedical ...

    FCC Denies Securus Exemption From Price Caps on Calls From Prisons, Jails

    On August 26, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued final rulings on multiple outstanding ...

    The Casualties of the “Passive Drug Exposure” Myth

    In early August, 11 New York State corrections officers (COs) were at the scene ...