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.

    Youth Vaping, Smoking and Drinking at Record Lows, Per Latest NIDA Data

    The National Institute on Drug Abuse has released the latest Monitoring the Future Survey ...

    “I’m Innocent”: Maduro Pleads Not Guilty to Drug-Trafficking Charges

    Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro pled not guilty to drug trafficking charges in a ...

    Feds Extend COVID-Era Bupe Telemedicine Flexibilities, Again

    On December 31, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Department of Health and Human ...

    GAO Went Undercover to Almost Prove That Drugs Are Sold Online

    On December 18 the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on fentanyl and ...

    Oklahoma Bill Would Require EMS to Call the Cops After Reversing an OD

    Oklahoma legislators will consider a proposal requiring first responders to notify law enforcement if ...

    Trump Designates Fentanyl a Weapon of Mass Destruction

    On December 15, President Donald Trump issued an executive order designating fentanyl “and its ...

    Wisconsin Weighs Extra Prison Time for Drug Violations Near Shelters

    Wisconsin legislators are considering a bill that would increase the maximum prison term for ...

    DOJ Opens Wildcard Investigation Into Colorado Prisons, Youth Centers

    The Department of Justice Civil Rights Division has announced a special investigation into conditions ...

    The Campaign to Ban 7-OH and “Gas Station Drugs” Shouldn’t Take Long

    The more people become interested in banning 7-hydroxymitragynine, better-known as 7-OH, the more we’re ...