On January 7, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie (D) announced imminent plans to open Rapid Enforcement, Support, Evaluation and Triage…
Government inaction on the overdose crisis is a human rights violation, according to a recent position statement released by British…
Recovery from a substance use disorder has traditionally been conflated with “sobriety,” or total abstinence. In reality, many people recover…
[This article is excerpted from the book Rehab: An American Scandal. You can read Filter's interview with the author here.]…
Trigger warning! Shoshana Walter’s new book, Rehab: An American Scandal, is going to make you cry and scream. Cry for…
This year’s hit medical TV drama, The Pitt, is a worthy successor to those previous fan favorites, ER and Grey’s…
On August 14, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced the “Compassionate Interventions Act." The proposed legislation, which the Adams…
A plan from Mayor Keith Wilson (D) of Portland, Oregon, to build new shelter beds for people experiencing homelessness has…
On July 24, President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order that allows—and incentivizes—states and cities to purge encampments of…
Oregon legislators have passed a bill that adds new mandatory minimum sentences for fentanyl manufacture and delivery, and creates a…