Sarah Beller

Sarah is the co-founder and former deputy editor of Filter.

Love and Limerence

A low point for me was when I photoshopped a picture of my face over his girlfriend’s in a picture…

February 11, 2019

What’s Taking So Long for Naloxone to Be Made Available Over the Counter?

Naloxone can reverse an opioid overdose within minutes. Prompt access would prevent many of the 130 opioid-related deaths that occur…

January 18, 2019

Yale Gets an F for Student Mental Health (Harvard Got a D Minus)

Ivy League colleges are failing students who struggle with mental health, according to a new report published by the Ruderman…

December 17, 2018

Public Health Experts Call for Retraction of Brookings Institution Opioid “Research Roundup”

[This article was updated December 12 to reflect a response from the author of the paper.]   An article published…

December 11, 2018

Jamie Favaro’s Quest to Bring Online Naloxone Access Nationwide

What I've learned is that [syringe exchange programs] are everywhere," says Jamie Favaro, founder of Next Harm Reduction. "Even if…

December 5, 2018

Trump’s Latest Rabid Tweet: “Death Penalty for Distributors and Pushers, the Results Will Be Incredible!”

A little before 9 am on December 5, President Trump tweeted the following about his recent fentanyl agreement with China: One…

December 5, 2018

Is Ariana Grande’s “Thank U, Next” Disrespectful to Mac Miller?

Watching the video for Ariana Grande's record-breaking song "Thank U, Next"—which premiered on Youtube on November 30 and became the…

December 3, 2018

How to Involve People Who Use Drugs in Your Organization

Advocates at the Drugs Research Network Scotland conference in Glasgow this week circulated a striking two-page pamphlet: "How to Involve People…

November 29, 2018

As Nicholas Kristof Recruits Students for His Global Poverty Tour, a New Book Exposes His “Racist and Imperialist Logic”

New York Times opinion columnist Nicholas Kristof has issued an invitation to university students to apply for his "2019 win-a-trip…

November 28, 2018

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Explained Why Marijuana Should Be Legal on Instagram—But the Live Feed Also Had Wider Significance

New York Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the youngest woman ever elected to Congress, captivated thousands of viewers on Instagram Live on…

November 19, 2018