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Marijuana Justice and Trump: Inside a DA Election in Rural Pennsylvania

Law enforcement in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, a sprawling rural-to-suburban county and the home of Penn State's law school, has been…

October 31, 2019

Women Are Disproportionately Held in Jails Rather Than Prisons, Increasing Harms

More women are being held in local jails than in state prisons, according to a report released October 29 by…

October 31, 2019

Fentanyl Panic and Halloween Sadism Myths: A Ghoulish Combination

Frankenstein's monster had nothing on this: A New Jersey beach town prosecutor's office has been fusing together two damaging drug…

October 30, 2019

Bernie Sanders’ Plan to Expunge Millions of Cannabis Convictions Faster

Has Bernie Sanders been reading Filter? Last week we asked how far all the 2020 candidates—and Sanders in partfcular—will go…

October 30, 2019

Activists, Cuomo in “Full-Out War” Over Poor People’s MAT Access

Drug-user activists are fighting to ensure access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for some of New York State's most vulnerable citizens,…

October 30, 2019

A TSA Officer Sexually Assaulted Me: Know Your Rights

The first person I interviewed for this story⁠—days before I knew I would write it, because I felt ashamed—was my…

October 30, 2019

Filter Is Taking the “Free Methadone” Message to a Recovery Crowd

Liquid Handcuffs: A Documentary to Free Methadone is a feature documentary, created by Filter Senior Editor Helen Redmond and Marilena Marchetti,…

October 29, 2019

The Ecuadorian Fishermen Snatched Away by US Drug Warriors

After a flood wiped out Bexy Guerrero Salmiento’s home in 2013, her husband disappeared. Just days earlier, Manuel, Bexy and…

October 28, 2019

Oklahoma Prosecutor “Launched Malicious Probes Against Criminal Justice Reformers”

Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater stands accused of firing his investigator for refusing to conduct a bogus criminal probe…

October 28, 2019

Witnessed Urine Screens in Drug Treatment: Humiliating and Harmful

My heart drummed in time to my racing thoughts, which repeated an increasingly urgent command. Just. Fucking. Pee. But instead…

October 28, 2019