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The Burgeoning Psychedelics Movement Still Excludes Women and People of Color

You know psychedelic medicine is having its moment when it's the subject of a No. 1 New York Times bestseller and…

December 3, 2018

How a Kratom Ban Will Create Health Risks and Suffering—and Fuel Terrorism

In recent weeks Washington has been stepping up its efforts to delegitimize kratom—and a DEA source tells Filter that it’s…

November 30, 2018

Confirmation of Five Fentanyl Analogues in Schedule I Following Surge in Fatalities Will Do Nothing to Help

On November 29, five fentanyl analogues—furanyl fentanyl, 4-fluoroisobutyryl fentanyl, acryl fentanyl, tetrahydrofuranyl fentanyl, and ocfentanil—were officially added to the Drug Enforcement…

November 29, 2018

How to Involve People Who Use Drugs in Your Organization

Advocates at the Drugs Research Network Scotland conference in Glasgow this week circulated a striking two-page pamphlet: "How to Involve People…

November 29, 2018

Shut-Down of Orange County Needle Exchange Program a Win for Backwards Thinking

One step forward, two back. The day after a federal judge issued a groundbreaking order for an incarcerated man to…

November 29, 2018

Nothing Like a Movie: It Matters That We Know the Reality of an Overdose Scene

We get a lot of ideas about drug overdoses from the movies. Raves gone wrong, party girls with bloody noses…

November 28, 2018

As Nicholas Kristof Recruits Students for His Global Poverty Tour, a New Book Exposes His “Racist and Imperialist Logic”

New York Times opinion columnist Nicholas Kristof has issued an invitation to university students to apply for his "2019 win-a-trip…

November 28, 2018

Federal Judge Issues Groundbreaking Order to a Jail to Allow Methadone Access

A federal court judge has stated that denying medication-assisted treatment (MAT) to an incarcerated person would "likely" be found unconstitutional.…

November 27, 2018

New Jersey’s Exciting Marijuana Legalization Package Misses Some Social Justice Opportunities

New Jersey could soon become the first state to legalize cannabis through a legislative vote—rather than a popular vote, as…

November 27, 2018

Here’s How Infuriatingly Hard It Still Is to Get Medical Marijuana in New York

The sciatica pain jolting down my right leg was so severe that it was hard for me to function. All…

November 27, 2018