Media + Culture
“Crackhead” Is an Anti-Black Pejorative, Period
What’s up with this wave of crackhead jokes?” a Reddit user asked in a ...
Newsflash: There Are Drugs at Coachella—Let’s Help People Use Them Safely
Coachella, the giant annual music and arts festival in California’s Colorado Desert, began April ...
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 ...
Now the CDC Seems to Be Pushing Fentanyl Myths in Its New Video
On March 27, the Centers for Disease Control, in collaboration with the Fredericksburg, Virginia Police ...
“Patently False” Fentanyl Myth Peddled by Vermont Police Chief
On March 15, Brett Flansburg, a Vermont state trooper, collapsed in the parking lot ...
“Yellow Peril”—How Blaming China for Fentanyl Continues a Racist Legacy
As the overdose crisis roars on, various stakeholders seek to assign blame for these ...
“Never Enough:” Author of New Addiction Book Risks Promoting Stigma Against MAT
On February 12, Terry Gross interviewed neuroscientist Judith Grisel for NPR about her forthcoming ...
“Russian Doll” Is a Case Study of Existential Recovery
Russian Doll, the acclaimed Netflix comedy-drama built around Natasha Lyonne, tackles loss, trauma, self-destruction ...
In the Tobacco Harm Reduction Debate, Civility Has Gone Up in Smoke
In the pursuit of reducing the harms caused by cigarettes, those of us who ...
Call to Develop Meth Addiction Meds Mustn’t Obscure Woeful Lack of Access to Existing Tools
Meth’s Resurgence Spotlights Lack of Meds to Combat the Addiction,” reads the headline of ...
