Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden confirmed on November 16 that he doesn’t support federal legalization of…
Cannabis works as a treatment for opioid use disorder, according to many patients and some limited research. But experts suggest…
I first realized I had a problem with drinking when I was a year out of college. I was 21…
Let’s play a game. I’m going to describe a scene, and you guess which movie it’s from. A thin, Black…
Liquid Handcuffs: A Documentary to Free Methadone is a feature documentary, created by Filter Senior Editor Helen Redmond and Marilena Marchetti,…
My heart drummed in time to my racing thoughts, which repeated an increasingly urgent command. Just. Fucking. Pee. But instead…
What does it mean to be "in recovery" from a substance use disorder? In theory, it seems a straightforward enough…
Sesame Street, the long-running children’s television show, has taken on issues ranging from exercise to incarceration. On October 9, Sesame…
Two current films wonder about the nature of addiction—one involving obsessive love, the other heroin use without the usual addictive…
At the time I took the apomorphine cure I had no claims to call myself a writer and my creativity…