Dr. Edwin Salsitz is a methadone OG. He was one of a coterie of New York City doctors who pioneered…
A new campaign highlights how Medicaid has transformed the lives of many people who use drugs, through medications for opioid…
On March 10, the Supreme Court stated that it will review the constitutionality of a state ban on conversion therapy…
Republicans, in control of the White House and both chambers of Congress, aim to cut trillions of dollars in federal…
Two months after doctors in British Columbia set up a pair of unsanctioned overdose prevention centers (OPC) outside local hospitals,…
[This article is excerpted from the book Policing Patients. You can read Filter’s interview with the author here.] Pharmacists’…
Policing Patients: Treatment and Surveillance on the Frontlines of the Opioid Crisis is a Swiss Army knife of a book.…
Many doctors and nurses suffered severe mental health impacts after working through the worst days of the COVID-19 pandemic, including…
Of the 51,284 people currently incarcerated in Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) prisons, 7,937 people are serving life with parole.…
The first time I went to jail, I was using heroin as well as methadone. I had a doctor who…