Use + Harm Reduction

Should I Drug Test My Kids? Why the Experts Say No

Does anyone still want to do drug tests on their children? Apparently so, because there are plenty of kits for…

February 5, 2019

Fentanyl Overdoses Spike on Mexico’s Northern Border But Remain Invisible

When it landed three years ago, some six guys died here in one week," says 51-year-old Roberto Prado, a homeless…

February 4, 2019

Incarcerated Women Who Use Drugs Find Ways to Care for One Another

Faced with the inherent harms of drug prohibition, people who use opioids find ways to take care of themselves and…

January 31, 2019

Don’t Block Smokers From Becoming Smoke-Free by Banning Flavored Vapes

[The following is based on testimony to be delivered by Dr. Abrams before the NYC City Council Committee on Health…

January 30, 2019

Rise of Heat-Not-Burn Products Coincides With Decrease in Cigarette Sales

Last year, an increase in heat-not-burn (HNB) electronic tobacco product sales in South Korea coincided with a decrease in cigarette…

January 29, 2019

UK Supermarket Chain Criticized for Displaying Vapes in Exactly the Right Place

Where should vaping products be stocked in stores? That question was sharply raised in response to Sainsbury’s, a British supermarket…

January 25, 2019

More Companies Should Offer Bathroom Syringe Disposals Like Starbucks

One sign of the extent to which the overdose crisis has shifted public discourse is how few places remain unaffected.…

January 23, 2019

What Is Harm Reduction, Anyway?

We often describe Filter as "harm reduction journalism"—meaning both journalism that comes out of and reports on the harm reduction…

January 22, 2019

Harm Reduction in the Land of 10,000 Rehabs

Addiction counselor Stephanie Devich points to a Christmas tree glimmering with purple and silver ornaments in the lobby of Valhalla…

January 22, 2019

The Reassuringly Normal Recovery of Lindsay Lohan

Remember when Lohan was portrayed as the incorrigible bad-girl alcoholic who would never change—i.e., enter recovery? She may not now…

January 18, 2019