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WEB2 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.
The Reassuringly Normal Recovery of Lindsay Lohan - Filter
WEBJan 18, 2019 · Nowadays, Lohan doesn’t publicly identify herself as being in recovery. Instead she has developed interests in politics (although the Obama campaign rejected her involvement) and spirituality—Lohan reports that she meditates and is studying different religions. She doesn’t speak about being in therapy or support groups.
How the First Black Surgeon General Was Silenced for ... - Filter
WEBDec 8, 2020 · But exactly 27 years ago—decades before the United Nations and the World Health Organization endorsed decriminalization—United States Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders, a former director of the Arkansas Department of Health, called for the consideration of full drug legalization. Immediately, President Bill Clinton—a staunch prohibitionist ...
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.
Learning the Blues: West Coast Grapples With Shifting Drug …
WEBDec 16, 2021 · Learning the Blues: West Coast Grapples With Shifting Drug Supply. “ Forever, the prevalence of what kinds of drugs people did was completely boring,” Alex Kral, an epidemiologist from the nonprofit health research institute RTI international, told Filter. He has been studying the drug market in San Francisco and elsewhere for 28 years.
Nicotine 101: The Truth About What It Is and What it Does - Filter
WEBMar 11, 2019 · What Nicotine Is and What it Does. Nicotine is naturally occurring chemical derived from plants of the nightshade family—which include tobacco, but also foods like tomatoes, potatoes and eggplant. Though often thought of as a bad guy, nicotine itself is actually fairly safe. As with most substances, there is a lethal dose of nicotine, but the ...
The Desperate Search for a Health Threat From Nicotine Pouches
WEBAug 24, 2021 · The Desperate Search for a Health Threat From Nicotine Pouches. by Martin Cullip August 24, 2021. E arlier this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) tweeted about the dangers of nicotine pouches, a fairly new reduced-risk nicotine product. The pouches are small bags of food-grade powder infused with nicotine.
Deprogramming From AA—When a Fellowship Resembles a Cult
WEBMay 2, 2019 · Rachel Bernstein. Katherine met Bernstein through Monica Richardson, the founder of an international Facebook group called “Deprogramming From AA or Any 12 Step Group.”. It has over 1,000 members, all of whom are at some point in the process of leaving a 12-step group. Richardson has led a crusade …
The Pernicious Myth of Fentanyl-Laced Cannabis - Filter
WEBJul 20, 2021 · The Pernicious Myth of Fentanyl-Laced Cannabis. by Claire Zagorski July 20, 2021. A recent Washington Postpiece on the ever-worsening increase in drug poisoning deaths has reanimated angst over the supposed issue of fentanyl-contaminated cannabis. That drugs like heroin, cocaine and counterfeit pills are often contaminated with (or even ...
Social Media Depicts Kensington as “Zombieland”—and It’s Deadly
WEBJul 27, 2023 · A 15-second YouTube video begins with a white car passing across the frame. The camera reveals two young white people, a man and a woman. They are on Kensington Ave., the heart of the overdose crisis in Philadelphia.. The woman is digging through her belongings, which include sunglasses, a hat and a water bottle; she is smoking a cigarette and putting clothing in a tote bag.