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The First-Ever MDMA Therapy Training for Communities of Color Was Vital

The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) hosted the first-ever MDMA Therapy Training for Communities of Color between August 10-17…

August 23, 2019

Why Researchers Are Ill-Equipped to Study Surging Meth Harms

In recent months, key government studies from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Substance Abuse and…

August 23, 2019

Berkeley, CA May Be Next the City to Decriminalize Natural Psychedelics

Psychedelic activists in Berkeley, California are advocating for their City Council to decriminalize use and possession of naturally-occurring psychedelics. If…

August 22, 2019

Five of the Ways Unsanctioned Harm Reduction Continues to Blaze Trails

Unsanctioned grassroots initiatives—from the unofficial to the plain illegal—are both the origins and the soul of the harm reduction movement.…

August 22, 2019

“We Want to Inspire Others”⁠—Boston’s First Recreational Cannabis Dispensary to Be Black-Owned

In a symbol of efforts to make the cannabis industry more inclusive, Boston’s first recreational dispensary will be owned and operated…

August 21, 2019

How Harm Reduction Is Serving⁠—and Failing⁠—Asian Americans

The “4th wave of the overdose crisis” has arrived, tweeted Brett Giroir, a top official in the US Department of…

August 21, 2019

Feds Dispute the Efficacy of Safe Consumption Sites at Safehouse Hearing

On August 19 a federal judge in Philadelphia presided over the opening salvo of a legal battle with the potential…

August 20, 2019

Lisa’s Legacy: How the Buprenorphine X-Waiver Costs Lives

The young woman paced frantically around the hospital room, dark bags under her bloodshot eyes. Sweat beaded across her pale…

August 20, 2019

America Has Not “Destroyed” Mexican Cartels, Despite AG Barr’s Claims

On August 12, Attorney General William Barr spoke before the largest police associaton in the United States, attacking criminal justice…

August 19, 2019

Listen: A Podcast About Filter, Harm Reduction and Cats

  The latest guest on The Social Exchange, a thought-provoking regular podcast hosted by Filter contributor Zach Rhoads, was our…

August 19, 2019