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.

    Corrections Departments Winning Imaginary Fight Against “K2 Exposure”

    In 2021, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department published body-cam footage of a deputy ...

    County Jail Data Show Importance of All Three OUD Meds, Besides Vivitrol

    A large-scale study backed by the National Institutes of Health found that access to ...

    Feds Crack Down on TV Drug Ads, in Major Shakeup to Pharma Industry

    The era of direct-to-consumer (DTC) pharmaceutical commercials may be coming to a close. On ...

    DHS Doesn’t Collect Mandatory Data on Efficacy of Fentanyl Seizures

    The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) never created a mandatory data collection program to ...

    Just a Reminder That Drug Users Aren’t Zombies

    The White House is promoting a new fentanyl awareness ad campaign. “Make America Fentanyl ...

    “Fentanyl Kills Act” Would Prosecute All Distribution as Attempted Murder

    Lawmakers have introduced legislation that would allow federal prosecutors to pursue attempted murder charges ...

    Trump Begins Deploying US Military to Fight the Drug War

    On August 19, United States warships set course for Venezuela. They’ve been deployed there ...

    “An Architect of the Crisis”: WV Sues Express Scripts Over Rx Opioids

    West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McCuskey (R) has filed a lawsuit against Express Scripts ...

    FDA Requires All Rx Opioid Labeling Warn About Risks of Long-Term Use

    The Food and Drug Administration is overhauling the safety labeling requirements for opioid analgesics, ...