Three Takeaways From Filter’s Tobacco Harm Reduction and Health Justice Event
On May 17, Filter hosted a panel entitled “Tobacco Harm Reduction, Vulnerable Populations & Health Justice” ...
Women Who Use Drugs: Challenges Demand Self-Led Harm Reduction
Bree Cassell first injected heroin when she was 15 years old. Despite wanting to ...
What Psychedelics Reveal About the Nature of Consciousness
Dr. Peter Sjostedt-H is something of a rockstar “philosopher of mind.” His specializations include ...
Maine Legislators Choose Stigma Over Science in Shameful SCS Decision
On May 10, the members of the Health and Human Services Committee of Maine’s ...
Global Drug Survey: Large Majority of Cocaine Users Would Pay More for Safer, “Fair Trade” Supply
As the international cocaine supply becomes increasingly risky, most people who use the drug ...
Innovative Canadian “Street Degree” Empowers Peer Harm Reduction Workers
In British Columbia, an entirely peer-taught overdose prevention “Street Degree” program has graduated its ...
When a Prosecutor Throws His Money Around to Keep His County “Tough on Crime”
Back in 2009, the Oregon legislature passed a law to remove marijuana from Schedule ...
Drug War Photo-Op Policing Is a Betrayal of Law Enforcement’s Principles
It’s one of the defining images of modern policing. High-ranking officers lined up at ...
The Year Is 2020, and the US Has Banned Vapes. What Happens Now?
President Donald Trump finished his overture at this year’s Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin ...
Architect of Philippines Drug War Elected to Senate on Death Penalty Platform
A slate of allies of far-right President Rodrigo Duterte were elected to the Philippines ...
