Feb 3, 2025 · Filter's mission is to advocate through journalism for rational and compassionate approaches to drug use, drug policy and human rights.

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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 ...

3 days ago · Sarah is an award-winning freelance journalist specialising in health and drug policy. She is based in the north of England, and over the last five years has reported extensively on medical cannabis policy in the UK and Europe.

3 days ago · T here’s controversy in Knoxville, Tennessee, after its lawmakers approved of opioid settlement money being used to pay for a program that sends social workers out with cops.. On February 4, Knoxville City Council voted in favor of the police department applying to the Tennessee Opioid Abatement Council for a $1.75 million grant to expand its …

Jan 23, 2025 · 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.”

Dec 13, 2024 · A s President Joe Biden announces a new round of pardons and commutations—including several for people with marijuana and other drug convictions—a new poll shows a majority of Americans are in favor of clemency for everyone who’s been federally criminalized over cannabis, as well as broader drug possession.. On December 12, the White House released a clemency list—with over 1,500 ...

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

FilterMag; Media + Culture; The Systemic Transphobia of the Drug Treatment and Recovery Industry. I have been seeking recovery from alcohol, heroin and pharmaceutical opioid use disorders since late ...

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 …