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To Address Addiction, Confront Racism in Our Health and Justice Systems

It’s widely documented that decades of punitive criminal justice and drug policies have led to the US becoming the world’s…

April 8, 2019

Will NJ Governor Have the Guts to Call Time on This Rogue Prosecutor?

Governors of New Jersey enjoy some of the most sweeping powers in the country. Not only can they conditionally veto…

April 8, 2019

Inside the Legal Struggle Over Safe Consumption Spaces

On February 5, a group of protestors gathered outside the Philadelphia offices of William McSwain, the US Attorney General for the…

April 5, 2019

A Cop at My Bedside: The Nightmare of Disclosing MAT Before Giving Birth

I gave birth to my elder daughter in Palm Beach County, Florida in 2014. She was delivered by paramedics after…

April 5, 2019

Three Takeaways From a Key Gathering of Health Justice Advocates

On April 3, criminal justice reform activists, harm reductionists, policymakers, service providers and clinicians gathered in an auditorium at New…

April 4, 2019

“Working as Intended”—NJ Bail Reform Drastically Cuts Jail Population

The activists and policymakers behind the criminal justice reforms just won in New York State can look next door, to…

April 4, 2019

Drug Paraphernalia Laws: The “Swiss Army Knife” of the Drug War

On June 7, 2018 Jessica* was sitting behind a church in Fayetteville, North Carolina, when two police officers walked by.…

April 4, 2019

Filter’s Editor Discusses Our Mission—And the Problems With Wider Media Coverage of Drugs

Filter's editor-in-chief, Will Godfrey, was interviewed for the April 3 episode of Narcotica—a podcast about drugs and the people who use…

April 4, 2019

This Groundbreaking Letter From Dozens of Sheriffs and DAs Calls for MAT in Jails

Lack of access to methadone and burprenorphine, lifesaving opioid use disorder medications, for vulnerable incarcerated populations has long been a…

April 3, 2019

Yes, You Can Be Addicted to Cannabis—But There Are Sensible Ways to Avoid This

The seemingly inexorable nationwide movement to legalize marijuana has recently stalled in New Jersey and New York, at least partly…

April 3, 2019