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网页5 天之前 · 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.
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网页Filter 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.
EU Call to Ban Public Vaping Could Increase Smoking, Advocates Say
网页4 天之前 · T he European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, is calling for member states to treat safer nicotine products like cigarettes by banning use of vapes and heated tobacco products (HTP) from a wide range of outdoor spaces.. A new proposed revision of the European Council’s 2009 Recommendation on smoke-free environments urges the 27 EU members to ban vaping and HTP use in the ...
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网页FilterMag; Intersections + Injustice; For Black and Brown Communities, the Overdose Crisis Is Still Escalating. This International Overdose Awareness Day, VOCAL-US state chapters—VOCAL-NY, VOCAL-TX and VOCAL-KY—are taking direct action ...
Marijuana and Working Memory: Research Contradicts Stereotypes
网页2024年9月20日 · R esearchers looking into the effects of medical marijuana use on brain processes say in a new federally funded paper, published by the American Medical Association, that cognitive attributes such as working memory, reward processing and inhibitory control were not significantly affected after a year of cannabis consumption.. The results appear to run contrary to long-held stereotypes about ...
Our Pathways to the Legal Regulation of All Drugs - Filter
网页2022年7月14日 · 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 ...
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网页Vapes “Designed to Kill,” Claims Org Designed to Protect World Health; Prison Call Center Jobs Pay Minimum Wage, Which for Us Seems to Be $1.30
Vape Company Triton Loses Its Appeal Against FDA Denial - Filter
网页2022年7月19日 · O n July 18, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals denied Triton’s petition to review a marketing denial order (MDO) issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in September 2021. The decision, which industry observers have been watching for nearly a year, could cap off one of the most significant legal battles between a notable vapor manufacturer and the FDA—one that has been viewed as ...
Guards Delegate Security to Prisoners as Understaffing Crisis Evolves
网页5 天之前 · C orrections officers (COs) have long relied on prisoners to do various parts of their jobs. But since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic when the nation’s state and federal prisons began seeing staff quit en masse, people currently incarcerated in Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) facilities report that COs are deputizing some of them to secure cell doors, inventory personal property ...
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网页FilterMag; 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 ...