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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.
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 …
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 ...
No Drug Education: The Rise and Fall of DARE - Filter
WEBMay 1, 2024 · P raised by politicians, parents and presidents, police officers taught DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) to fifth and sixth-grade students in around 75 percent of United States school districts at the peak of its popularity in the 1980s and ‘90s. Funded by the US government, the program was exported to dozens of other countries, too. . Altogether, DARE reached an estimated 50 million ...
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.
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.
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 Post piece 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 ...
One Drug Dominates Our Prison's Supply. We Don't Know What It …
WEBApr 27, 2022 · D uring the pandemic, the Michigan Department of Corrections suspended all Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, “substance abuse” classes and support groups, many of which have still not resumed. O ur yard access was limited, our phone time reduced. Our visits with loved ones turned into partitioned visits with masks on, each prisoner’s 45 visitation hours each month cut down to six.
“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 ...