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WEB4 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.
Banning Prison Visitors From Vaping Is Unjustified and Harmful
WEB21 hours ago · Banning Prison Visitors From Vaping Is Unjustified and Harmful. by Jonathan Kirkpatrick October 7, 2024. W ashington State is one of only four in the nation to allow what are commonly called conjugal visits. These Extended Family Visits (EFV), typically held in trailers, are available for immediate family members if …
DEA Bids to Exclude Expert Witnesses From Psychedelics-Ban …
WEB3 days ago · by Jack Gorsline October 4, 2024. T he Drug Enforcement Administration is seeking to exclude what advocates say is key testimony from an upcoming hearing on the agency’s long-running bid to ban two psychedelic substances. Advocates opposing the ban have hit back with scathing countermotions, disputing …
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WEBFilter launched in September 2018 and is based in New York City. Our mission is to advocate through journalism for rational and compassionate approaches to drug use, drug policy and human rights. Filter is owned and operated by The Influence Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. You can read about The Influence Foundation’s structure and funding here.
Hundreds Prosecuted for Drug Use During Pregnancy in Year After …
WEB3 days ago · Hundreds Prosecuted for Drug Use During Pregnancy in Year After Dobbs. A new report from a reproductive rights organization finds that pregnancy-related prosecutions are at an all-time high in the wake of the 2022 Supreme Court decision that ended the nationwide right to abortion. And by far the most common criminal …
DOJ Investigation Found Chaos in Georgia Prisons. It Missed a Lot, …
WEB4 days ago · DOJ Investigation Found Horrors in Georgia Prisons. It Missed a Lot, Too. by Jimmy Iakovos & Kastalia Medrano October 3, 2024. F our years after the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division opened an investigation into the whether the Georgia Department of Corrections is failing to adequately protect people in its custody from violence, and ...
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WEBFilterMag; Use + Harm Reduction; Pueblo Judge Blocks Syringe Program Ban, and Services Resume for Now. The City of Pueblo, Colorado, has been forced to suspend an ordinance criminalizing syringe ...
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WEBOver 200,000 Arrests for Marijuana Possession in 2023, Per FBI Data. Hundreds of thousands of people are still being arrested for marijuana possession in the ...
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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 ...
Two Years After Oakland’s Psychedelic Decrim, What’s Been ... - Filter
WEBby Alexander Lekhtman August 2, 2021. O ver two years ago, in June 2019, the city of Oakland, California became the first in the US to decriminalize plant-based entheogens including psilocybin, iboga, ayahuasca and mescaline cacti. Since then, the reform seems to be having its intended effect of preventing arrests for these substances.