6 days ago · Filter's mission is to advocate through journalism for rational and compassionate approaches to drug use, drug policy and human rights.

FilterMag; Politics + Legalization “May Launch a Substitution War”—Trump’s China Tariffs and Fentanyl. In what feels like a rerun of an old episode, President-elect Donald Trump has ...

Filter launched in September 2018 and is based in New York City. Our mission is to advocate through journalism for rational and compassionate approaches to drug use, drug policy and human rights. Filter is owned and operated by The Influence Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. You can read about The Influence Foundation’s structure and funding here.

19 hours ago · B elgium has become the first European Union country to enact a ban on disposable vapes, with others expected to follow. The ban took effect on January 1.. Belgium’s health minister, Frank Vandenbroucke, previously used an array of familiar arguments as justification for the move. He branded disposables “extremely harmful,” and said they produce “hazardous waste chemicals.”

Utah Sues Pharmacy Benefit Managers for “Central Role” in Opioid OD Crisis; White House Reviews Its Drug Control Strategy, Finds It’s Doing a Good Job

5 days ago · T he Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has issued a proposed rule that would cap nicotine levels in combustible tobacco products at a very low level.. By making cigarettes “minimally or nonaddictive” in this way, the agency declared, “the United States would be the first country globally to take such a bold, life-saving action to prevent and reduce smoking-related disease and death.”

FilterMag; Use + Harm Reduction; BC Drug-Decrim Study Explores Problems With 2.5-Gram Threshold. Since the inception of British Columbia’s drug decriminalization policy, which took effect in January ...

Dec 17, 2024 · T obacco harm reduction, which I’ve been covering as a journalist for a couple of years now, has often felt a strange space to work in. Polarizing, compassionate, full of justified hope, yet often dispiriting. Beset with hostility and falsehoods, yet fascinating.People who smoked cigarettes and then found tobacco harm reduction (THR) often talk about their “journey.”

FilterMag; Use + Harm Reduction; Providing Sterile Syringes in Prison Is Not Only Right—It Also Saves Money. Providing sterile syringes in prison is an efficient way to keep people who use ...

Nov 26, 2024 · Kiran is a tobacco harm reduction fellow for Filter.She is a writer and journalist who has written for publications including the Guardian, the Telegraph, I Paper and the Times, among many others.Her book, I Can Hear the Cuckoo, was published by Gaia in …