“Zombies” and Rotting Flesh: The Media Just Loves Halloween-y Depictions of People Who Use Drugs
Zombies are apparently not just for Halloween—they pervade media descriptions of people who use ...
Tainted Pharma Company That Fought Legalization Applies to Sell “Marihuana”
On October 30, the DEA announced that Pharma company Insys Therapeutics filed in August for approval ...
Are Doctors “Dickheads?”
The hashtag #Doctorsaredickheads spread across Twitter this past weekend, with many people weighing in ...
Portland’s Democratic DA Candidate Drops Out After Sexual Conduct Accusations. That’s Really Bad for Maine Drug Policy.
On October 30, Democratic candidate Jon Gale announced his resignation from the race for ...
How the Young Lords Took Lincoln Hospital, Left a Health Activism Legacy
“They just took over the Nurses’ Residence at Lincoln Hospital,” says Walter Bosque, an ...
Brazil Heading for Even Deadlier Drug War After Election of President Jair Bolsonaro
On October 28, repressive drug policy secured a powerful platform in Brazil, the world’s ...
Trump’s New Opioid Package Is Gift-Wrapped for Indivior—At What Cost?
[Christopher Moraff pens the DISPATCHES column for Filter.] On October 24, President Donald Trump signed ...
Misinformation About So-Called “Terrorist Drug” Dispelled in New Report
If you’re in the US, you may not have heard of captagon—an understudied synthetic ...
Six Months Since My Daughters Were Taken, Here’s How the System Punishes Past Drug Use
The ground feels unsteady, like there’s some dark ocean lurching beneath the wide flat ...
Why Everything About the Trump Administration’s New Opioid Video Campaign Is Wrong
A new campaign—from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), the ...
