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WEB1 day 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.
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 ...
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.
Ann Arbor, Michigan Decriminalizes Psychedelics—But Cuts Key
WEBOct 1, 2020 · O n September 21, the City Council of Ann Arbor, Michigan voted unanimously to decriminalize naturally occurring psychedelics. It becomes the fourth US city in two years to adopt such a reform. However, lawmakers added a late amendment to the resolution that alters its scope. The resolution applies to …
Can the Theory of Youth Vaping as “Gateway” to Smoking Be
WEBAug 20, 2024 · T he notion that nicotine vaping leads people to smoking—known as the “gateway” theory—is a common refrain among those who seek to restrict access to vapes in the name of youth protection, including some scientists. It persists, amid overwhelming evidence that vaping is a “gateway” out of smoking for large numbers of people—and even though data from numerous countries show ...
How Did We Come to Abandon America’s Pain Patients? - Filter
WEBJul 15, 2019 · O verdoses —not those involving prescription opioids, but of heroin and illicit fentanyl, often combined with benzodiazepines—continue to go up. But opioid prescribing continues to go down. Pain patients are untreated and suffering. Pharmaceutical companies are being sued and settling. Law enforcement is cracking down on providers.
“Tranq Dope”—The Heroin Combo That’s Been Putting Philly to …
WEBApr 2, 2019 · The tranq dope that xylazine produces in combination with heroin is favored by some, and disdained by others. Louis, a Philadelphia Latino in his mid-30s, told Filter that he prefers the energy he gets from pure opioids, but that he knows people who prefer the added sedation of tranquilizer cut. Asked how she avoids it, she said she depends on ...
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 responses: Lock sellers up and hire more police ...
Deprogramming From AA—When a Fellowship Resembles a Cult
WEBMay 2, 2019 · Deprogramming From AA—When a Fellowship Resembles a Cult. by April Wilson Smith May 2, 2019. K atherine was on the subway home from a meeting with her Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor when it hit. They had just gone over the worksheet she was supposed to complete for her Fourth Step: “Made a …
21 to Drink? The Debate Around America’s Outlier Status - Filter
WEBAug 26, 2020 · The Debate Around America’s Outlier Status. by Zachary Siegel August 26, 2020. A merica’s minimum drinking age law, set nationally at 21 since 1984, appears to be written in stone. But in 2008, a glossy campaign to lower the drinking age, called the Amethyst Initiative, shook up the age-old debate about youth drinking for the first time in ...