Recent public attention to police brutality, systemic racism and oppression has brought calls for changes to a policing structure that…
It will go easier on you if you cooperate with them," said the nursing assistant sitting beside my bed. Clearly,…
A few months ago I caught a life-threatening blood infection from a dirty needle. Well, probably. I don't know that…
The tennis player Arthur Ashe once said that to take on a challenge, “start where you are, use what you…
Starting August 14, methadone patients face the very real possibility that their long-protected privacy will be gone. The Substance Abuse…
This short documentary, concerning COVID-19, smoking, vaping and racism in America, was co-directed by Filter Senior Editor Helen Redmond and…
On June 23, the provincial government of British Columbia announced the first reading of Bill 22, a proposed amendment to…
In 2018 alone, nearly four in ten people who were hospitalized in Massachusetts for their opioid use disorder (OUD) were…
[The following article is excerpted from two chapters of Cover My Dreams in Ink, the author's account of the journey…
As many US jurisdictions have eased pandemic restrictions, new coronavirus cases have been spiking again. At the same time, regions…