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The Optimism Gap: Class-Tailored Addiction Messaging Fuels Inequality

When people speak of inequality in America, they miss one of its powerful drivers: addiction treatment. The concepts that dominate…

August 15, 2019

How Should Primary Care Physicians Talk to Patients About Drug Use?

All primary care physicians should screen their patients for drug use, recommended an independent panel of medical experts in an…

August 14, 2019

California Poised to Crack Down Harder on Illicit Medical Cannabis Market

On August 6, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra released a set of guidelines for the security and non-diversion of medical…

August 14, 2019

Watch: #NonExistentWeExist—Inside Russian HIV Activism

In the face of a repressive government, Russian harm reduction and legal aid organizations are working to end HIV in…

August 13, 2019

Women in Mexico’s Narco World Face Misogyny and Murder

It was a sunny day in Culiacán, the capital of both Sinaloa state in northwest Mexico and, arguably, of the…

August 13, 2019

Canadian Prison Safe Consumption Site Sparks Heated Harm Reduction Debate

Safe consumption spaces and sterile syringe programs are major rallying points for the harm reduction movement. But in an unlikely…

August 12, 2019

Prosecutors’ Ridiculous Excuses for Excluding Black People From Juries

Lisa Middleman is running as an independent pro-criminal justice reform candidate in the election for Allegheny County (Pittsburgh) district attorney,…

August 12, 2019

Denver Lawmaker Tells Filter Why She Led Vote Against Private Prison Companies

On August 5, Denver City Council voted against renewing $10.6 million in contracts with two private prison companies. The companies,…

August 9, 2019

The World Health Organization Blithely Denies Vaping Science

In a recent report on global tobacco control policy, the World Health Organization (WHO) continues to deny a growing body…

August 8, 2019

Black New Yorkers Hospitalized for Amphetamines at Alarming Rates

In late October 2012, just days before Hurricane Sandy hit New York City, Dominic Faison was binging on methamphetamine, or…

August 8, 2019