Filter's mission is to advocate through journalism for rational and compassionate approaches to drug use, drug policy and human rights.| Filter
There's been plenty of buzz about this class of drug, following publication of a high-profile trial this year. How much do we know?| Filter
A host of experts working with marginalized populations weighed in on this question at the Global Forum on Nicotine.| Filter
The Stanford-Lancet Commission on the North American Opioid Crisis dismissed the concept of a “safe addictive-drug supply."| Filter
Consumers, targeted by exclusion and smears worldwide, are the heart of the tobacco harm reduction movement, as GFN in Warsaw reflects.| Filter
Decrim policies exist in 39 countries, but their details vary wildly. Realistic expectations are key to avoiding backlash, experts say.| Filter
The planned cuts—currently held up in the courts—would jeopardize research, including that related to harm reduction and the overdose crisis.| Filter
An epidemiologist describes how, at every step of the way, the CDC miscommunicated about the recent lung disease outbreak caused by "vaping."| Filter
In a country with hundreds of millions of tobacco users, vaping has essentially been banned. Many members of a nascent community are returning to smoking.| Filter
Academic and press freedoms are now under attack in service of an anti-harm reduction ideology, experts tell Filter.| Filter
Tennessee is notorious for felony voter disenfranchisement. What's not widely known is that some currently incarcerated people here can vote.| Filter
The case stems from the arrests of several people after a cop arrived at an overdose scene. How much protection does the law offer?| Filter
With less than five months left on parole, Christy is in county jail right now—ostensibly because she's not allowed to access adult websites.| Filter
Screening guidance was expanded to reach more vulnerable communities. Except the one disproportionately filled with people at high risk.| Filter
Filter sits down with a leading tobacco harm reduction advocate in Mumbai, to discuss life under prohibition and his own amazing journey.| Filter
It's a historic moment. But the least expensive individual microdose session costs $500. And there's ambiguity over marketing language.| Filter