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WEB3 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 · 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 …
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 ...
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.
What the Incredible Achievements of ACT UP Can Teach Activists …
WEBMay 19, 2021 · F or her 700-plus page magnum opus on the history of ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) New York, Sarah Schulman spent 18 years conducting hundreds of interviews and at least three years writing it all up.. But Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993 is not only the story of one of the most successful activist groups in American history.
Infographic: The “Iron Law of Prohibition” - Filter
WEBOct 3, 2018 · The “Iron Law of Prohibition”—a term coined by cannabis activist Richard Cowan in a 1986 article titled “ How the Narcs Created Crack “—posits that “as law enforcement becomes more intense, the potency of prohibited substances increases.”. In the 1986 article, Cowan attributes the “law” to a single factor that holds true for ...
“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 ...
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 ...
DC Decriminalized Drug Paraphernalia. Here’s What That Means
WEBJan 4, 2021 · Here’s What That Means on the Ground. by Lucia Geng January 4, 2021. O n December 22, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) signed the Opioid Overdose Treatment and Prevention Omnibus Amendment Act of 2020. Among other things, the Act decriminalizes the possession of certain drug paraphernalia, …