Sex Workers Are “Trafficking Victims” Until Cops Don’t Want Them to Be filtermag.org/sex-work-human…

Data showing strong support for cannabis legalization in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin could represent a presidential-election opportunity, reports Ben Adlin: filtermag.org/cannabis-legal…

"Prisons across the country blame contraband phones for systemic problems. But without a phone, I might never have earned a doctorate, learned Spanish or started a writing career. I'm certain I'd be in prison today, rather than free." By 𝐂. 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 🏳️‍⚧️: filtermag.org/prison-contrab…

Events in August followed a familiar pattern, reports dustin: attacks on harm reduction programs from the right-wing opposition, and a government rushing to appease them at the expense of drug-user health: filtermag.org/british-columb…

Amicus briefs filed by state attorneys general, members of Congress and major medical associations have all put forth misleading claims. One heavily implied that vaping is more likely to raise lung cancer risk than smoking cigarettes. By Topical Depression Kastalia: filtermag.org/vape-flavors-s…

Overdose Prevention Centers Are Health Care: Treat Them as Such filtermag.org/overdose-preve… via Filter | harm reduction journalism

As long as Dez and his church aren’t selling the psilocybin and DMT they provide to participants as "communual gifts," they should be legally ok. Alexander Lekhtman interviews the founder about his practice and its status in Colorado: filtermag.org/colorado-psych…

"It’s a high risk for promoters, because of our backwards laws.” “Federal agencies use Burning Man as a training ground for their officers.” “It had no MDMA, just fentanyl & caffeine.” Mattha Busby, who personally benefited from drug checking, reports: filtermag.org/festival-drug-…

The future of harm reduction, Bass Coast festival's spokesperson told me, is in 'benefit maximization' as the stigma around having a good time on drugs fades I got my drugs tested for Filter | harm reduction journalism filtermag.org/festival-drug-…

In Defense of Contraband Cell Phones filtermag.org/prison-contrab…

At the committee's second meeting, State Senator Kim Jackson asked the million-dollar question for reducing a litany of harms in Georgia prisons. By Jimmy Iakovos: filtermag.org/georgia-depart…

“We recruited participants through harm reduction and housing first projects," Adriana Curado, who previously ran a mobile OPC, tells Helen Redmond ©. Many smoke "to cope with anxiety and stress. [They found] vapes were just as effective in this regard.” filtermag.org/harm-reduction…

“Many participants use nicotine to cope with anxiety and stress. Participants told us that vapes were just as effective as cigarettes in this regard.” filtermag.org/harm-reduction…