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WEB3 days ago · Filter speaks with harm reduction activists in the Philippines, who work in the face of President Duterte’s murderous drug war. Participants in a vaping group at Saint Ann’s Corner of Harm Reduction, a pioneering syringe services provider in New York, describe their experiences of switching from cigarettes.
Documents Shed New Light on the FDA’s Vape Authorization …
WEBMay 26, 2022 · Alex was formerly Filter’s news editor.He previously worked as a reporter and copy editor at VICE, and has been published in the New York Times Magazine, the Columbia Journalism Review, the Los Angeles Times and the New Republic, among other outlets.He was also previously a freelance editorial consultant for the Foundation for a …
FDA Authorizes Logic Vapes as “Appropriate for the ... - Filter
WEBMar 24, 2022 · Alex was formerly Filter’s news editor.He previously worked as a reporter and copy editor at VICE, and has been published in the New York Times Magazine, the Columbia Journalism Review, the Los Angeles Times and the New Republic, among other outlets.He was also previously a freelance editorial consultant for the Foundation for a …
Our Pathways to the Legal Regulation of All Drugs - Filter
WEBJul 14, 2022 · A mid a century-long drug war in the United States, things are getting worse.. Currently, over 100,000 annual deaths are attributed to “overdose,” most involving more than one drug. That’s a 16-fold increase since I was born, in 1980, and the highest number in US history.Yet the people with the loudest voices promote the same ineffective …
Three Harm Reduction Zines From People Who Use Drugs in …
WEBApr 7, 2021 · Kat works at a harm reduction agency in Colorado. When she isn’t giving out sterile supplies for injecting drugs, she creates educational graphics around safer drug use and works to reduce the stigma around people who use drugs. Read a trio of harm reduction zines—Methamphetazine, Benzodiazezine and Wound Care Zine—by people …
"Crackhead" Is an Anti-Black Pejorative, Period - Filter
WEBApr 23, 2019 · The word “crackhead” was formally coined in June 1986, a few months before Congress passed the Anti-Drug Abuse Act, enacting harsher punishments for crack-related offenses. And, to be clear, blackness was conflated with “crackheads” from the term’s inception. The originating source, a June 2, 1986 Time article titled “Crack: A …
Vape Company Triton Loses Its Appeal Against FDA Denial - Filter
WEBJul 19, 2022 · O n July 18, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals denied Triton’s petition to review a marketing denial order (MDO) issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in September 2021. The decision, which industry observers have been watching for nearly a year, could cap off one of the most significant legal battles between a notable vapor …
Heroin Pipes: How the “Hammer” Was Built for Harm Reduction
WEBNov 25, 2019 · The resulting design. PHRA’s heroin pipe can work for powdered “China white” but was designed for Washington State’s “black tar” heroin, which has a viscous consistency that’s just about impossible to snort. The pipe consists of a longer tube that feeds into a shorter tube connected at a right angle.
New Jersey Governor Signs Bills to Expand Harm Reduction - Filter
WEBO n January 18, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed harm reduction legislation that will expand syringe service programs (SSP) in the state, establish local drug overdose fatality review teams, decriminalize the possession of syringes and permit certain expungement for the possession and distribution of hypodermic needles. “Harm …
A Mission to Turn Recovery Coaches Into a Harm Reduction …
WEBDec 23, 2019 · Harm reduction meets people where they are and allows for change at the pace of the individual. Humans are unique, and so is recovery.”. “Harm reduction is a basic cultural competency that’s largely missing in the structures that house and deploy recovery coaches,” said LeMire. “It may be that most recovery coaches trained and ...
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