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Big Shoutout to Meth

Somewhere between Sam Quinones columns and demolitions of lower-cost housing units, methamphetamine took on the public image of something actually…

August 12, 2026

We Need to Focus on Violence Against Women Who Use Drugs

Public attention to violence against women tends to surge in response to major events and movements, then recede just as…

August 12, 2026

A Statement About Filter

Filter is shutting down this week. We were unable to survive an increasingly difficult funding landscape, like too many other…

August 11, 2026

The Drug War Myths People Still Believe

  Fentanyl Is in Everything Around 2013, fentanyl started percolating in the United States street opioid supply, which was heroin-based…

August 11, 2026

Finding Optimism in the Tobacco Harm Reduction Maelstrom

In my worst moments, reporting on the tobacco harm reduction space, as I’ve been doing for the past four years,…

August 10, 2026

Federal Bill Would Add SUD Category to Dislocated Worker Grant Eligibility

Pennsylvania senators have introduced a bipartisan federal bill aimed at the economic harms of substance use disorder (SUD), while remaining…

August 6, 2026

Groups Press Congress Over Impending Hemp Ban

Dueling coalitions of police, military veterans and industry groups are pushing Congress in different directions on whether the planned federal…

August 6, 2026

Three Lifers on Why Prisons Need Re-Entry Support for the Prisoners Who Aren’t Coming Home

One of the most commonly cited statistics in corrections department promotional materials is the one about how 95 percent of…

August 5, 2026

SAMHSA Reframes National Drug Use Survey, Leaves Fentanyl Problem Intact

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has released the latest edition of its National Survey on Drug…

August 4, 2026

MOTAA 2.0 Is Not Real Methadone Reform

The Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act (MOTAA) is back. An updated version was reintroduced by Senators Edward J. Markey (D-MA)…

August 4, 2026