How We Still Find Joy After Decades in Prison
After nearly 30 years in prison, I still find moments of joy and happiness. ...
In the Ugly Nicotine Debate, Being Kind Isn’t Just Right—It’s Effective
Going to school as an autistic kid sometimes felt like a never-ending nightmare. Spitballs ...
A Mother’s Day Dream, After Losing My Daughter to Fentanyl Overdose
Ordinarily, my wish for Mother’s Day would be to spend a bit of time ...
The Opioid Settlements Being Paid in Naloxone Don’t Quite Add Up
Amneal Pharmaceuticals, a New Jersey-based manufacturer known for generics, has agreed to settle the ...
In “It Just Starts All Over Again,”Filter interviews patients and staff at a methadone clinic, as well as drug policy expert Deborah Smalls. Why can’t access to this lifesaving medication be improved?.
Filter speaks with harm reduction activists in the Philippines, who work in the face of President Duterte’s murderous drug war.
“Nicotine Hunger,” an original Filter video, features Louise Ross, a pioneering British harm reductionist whose work includes introducing vaping to smokers in a mental health hospital.
Many People Left to Make Their Own Stimulant Pipes and Face the Risks
Across the globe, people who use stimulants have devised creative, sometimes ingenious, smoking tools. Often used to heat up and ...
A Long Walk With the Tobacco Users of Mumbai
I‘m taking a walk through central Mumbai with Rizwan, who switched from smoking tobacco to vaping, then turned vape seller. ...