Use + Harm Reduction

    More Companies Should Offer Bathroom Syringe Disposals Like Starbucks

    One sign of the extent to which the overdose crisis has shifted public discourse ...

    What Is Harm Reduction, Anyway?

    We often describe Filter as “harm reduction journalism”—meaning both journalism that comes out of ...

    Harm Reduction in the Land of 10,000 Rehabs

    Addiction counselor Stephanie Devich points to a Christmas tree glimmering with purple and silver ...

    The Reassuringly Normal Recovery of Lindsay Lohan

    Remember when Lohan was portrayed as the incorrigible bad-girl alcoholic who would never change—i.e., ...

    Cuomo Wants to Treat Vaping like Tobacco

    On January 12, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a plan to raise the ...

    Chemsex First Aid Is Part of Queer Men’s Long History of Activism

    Chemsex—or the use of GHB, methamphetamine or mephedrone in sexual settings in the queer ...

    A Harm Reduction Guide for Parents of Teens Who Vape

    The panic around teenagers who vape was ratcheted up a level last month, when ...

    The Parenting Journey of a Mom Whose Daughter Survived 13 Overdoses

    Across North America, older people who never attended a protest in their lives are ...