Media + Culture
Filter Is Taking the “Free Methadone” Message to a Recovery Crowd
Liquid Handcuffs: A Documentary to Free Methadone is a feature documentary, created by Filter Senior ...
The Militant Harm Reductionist Advancing Dan Bigg’s Legacy
Brandie Wilson has her work cut out for her: On October 3, the legendary ...
What Harm Reductionists Think About Sesame Street’s Addiction Representation
Sesame Street, the long-running children’s television show, has taken on issues ranging from exercise ...
Almodóvar and Portman’s New Films Illuminate Love, Heroin and Addiction
Two current films wonder about the nature of addiction—one involving obsessive love, the other ...
Why the Curious Story of William S. Burroughs’ Heroin “Cure” Still Matters
At the time I took the apomorphine cure I had no claims to call ...
Celebrating Yom Kippur’s Fast With a Harm Reduction Approach
On the evening of October 8, Jewish people who use drugs, especially those who ...
SAMHSA’s “Meth Monster” Video Is Pure Fear-Mongering Propaganda
Stigmatizing PSAs about drug use have advanced far beyond the imagery of an egg ...
The Mystery Lung Disease Caused by “Vaping” Was a Textbook Drug Panic
The opportunity that tobacco harm reduction haters have been waiting for finally arrived. On ...
Fentanyl, Inc: How Corporate Sales Floors Dominate the New Drugs Market
On the edge of Shanghai, men wearing balaclavas meet journalist Ben Westhoff at sunset. ...
Bigoted Facebook Post Shines Light on Sheriffs Who Run Our Jails
A recent discovery about an elected Georgia sheriff threw unflattering light on those charged ...
