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 ...
FDA Authorizes NJOY Vapes in Its Biggest Positive Decision Yet
WEBApr 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 Smoke-Free World; The Influence Foundation, which operates ...
Filter - Harm reduction journalism from a dedicated nonprofit
WEB3 days ago · Filter's mission is to advocate through journalism for rational and compassionate approaches to drug use, drug policy and human rights.
Many People Left to Make Their Own Stimulant Pipes and Face
WEBSep 27, 2023 · A cross the globe, people who use stimulants have devised creative, sometimes ingenious, smoking tools. Often used to heat up and inhale crack cocaine or methamphetamine, these homemade implements are regularly made of whatever’s available—particularly in jurisdictions where access to new pipes and stems, such as through safer smoking kit programs, is banned.
Nicotine 101: The Truth About What It Is and What it Does - Filter
WEBMar 11, 2019 · I n July 2017, an announcement by the FDA declared that the agency “places nicotine, and the issue of addiction, at the center of the agency’s tobacco regulation efforts.”. It’s no surprise that with this renewed focus on nicotine—and ensuing FDA-driven fear-mongering surrounding products that contain the substance, even if they don’t involve combustion of tobacco—people are more ...
California’s Vape Flavor Ban Begins With Confusion ... - Filter
WEBDec 22, 2022 · O n December 21, California’s nicotine flavor ban finally went into effect, a little more than a month after voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 31. The law will prohibit the sale of almost all flavored nicotine products—including vapes and menthol cigarettes, but excluding hookah and some premium cigars.
Providence, RI, Overdose Prevention Center Set to Open This Fall
WEBAug 21, 2024 · C laire Macon in Providence, Rhode Island, has one of the rarest job titles in the United States: overdose prevention center manager. “We plan to have the overdose prevention center open in the fall,” she told Filter.. The site will be run by Macon’s employer, Project Weber/RENEW, which has served people who use drugs in Providence, together with people living with HIV, sex workers ...
Learning the Blues: West Coast Grapples With Shifting Drug …
WEBDec 16, 2021 · Morgan Godvin is a writer from Portland, Oregon. She founded Beats Overdose, a harm reduction provider for the music and entertainment industry.She is a research associate with Health in Justice Action Lab and a councilmember on Oregon’s decriminalization Measure 110 Oversight and Accountability Council. She was formerly incarcerated. Kristen Gonzalez, MPH, is a harm reductionist from rural ...
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.
21 to Drink? The Debate Around America’s Outlier Status - Filter
WEBAug 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 decades.