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.

    OTC Narcan Arrives at Pharmacies, a Stepping Stone to Broader Access

    The first week of September has seen major pharmacy chains across the United States ...

    CDC: Counterfeit Pill Overdose Deaths More Than Doubled During Pandemic

    A September 1 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that ...

    Vyvanse, “Abuse-Deterrent” Stimulant, Goes Generic in ADHD Med Shortage

    The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first generic versions of Vyvanse, the ...

    Which Meth Users Is Contingency Management Supposed to Be For?

    California’s contingency management (CM) program is slowly getting off the ground, following the Medi-Cal ...

    Meth Users Don’t Need Meds to Avoid OD. We Need Them to Avoid Cops.

    On July 19, the National Institute on Drug Abuse awarded over $4.3 million to ...

    Do Any Other Meth Users Find These Labels Pretty Arbitrary?

    If any of you use stimulants and have a particularly good system for waking ...

    It’s Not a Meth Overdose Crisis. It’s a Data Crisis.

    When someone dies without a doctor present, and they hadn’t seen a doctor anytime ...

    “A Dream Location”: RI Safe Injection, Inhalation Site Slated for Early 2024

    Rhode Island’s first safe consumption site (SCS) is expected to open in Providence in ...