21 to Drink? The Debate Around America’s Outlier Status - Filter
Aug 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 ...
A Harm Reduction Guide to Better Booty-Bumping Kits - Filter
Jan 13, 2023 · Once you prise off the plastic cover that holds the needle, what you’re left with underneath is a much better shape for boofing than a Luer lock. Left: BD 28g .5cc syringe with plastic cover removed. Right: BD 3ml Luer lock syringe with detachable 25g needle removed. Bend off the needle (dispose safely) and then put the orange cap back on.
Nicotine 101: The Truth About What It Is and What it Does - Filter
Mar 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 ...
No Drug Education: The Rise and Fall of DARE - Filter
May 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 ...
Many People Left to Make Their Own Stimulant Pipes and Face
Sep 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 …
FDA Authorizes NJOY Vapes in Its Biggest Positive Decision Yet
by Alex Norcia April 26, 2022. O n April 26, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized several NJOY Ace vaping products. It is the most significant positive decision to date on the premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) that all vapor companies had to file with the agency. Decisions were expected in September 2021; as late as ...
Filter - Harm reduction journalism from a dedicated nonprofit
4 days ago · Filter sits down with Dr. Marewa Glover, to discuss New Zealand’s successful adoption of tobacco harm reduction. 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.
One Drug Dominates Our Prison's Supply. We Don't Know What It …
Apr 27, 2022 · D uring the pandemic, the Michigan Department of Corrections suspended all Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, “substance abuse” classes and support groups, many of which have still not resumed. O ur yard access was limited, our phone time reduced. Our visits with loved ones turned into partitioned visits with masks on, each prisoner’s 45 visitation hours each month cut down to six.
DEA Raises ADHD Med Production Quotas. It Could Just Fix the …
Sep 10, 2024 · The DEA unveiled the update in the Federal Registrar on September 5, and the order went into effect the same day. The agency is raising its aggregate production quota (APQ) for lisdexamfetamine by around 24 percent, and raised the APQ for dextroamphetamine by around 18 percent. The latter is only for use as an active ingredient in Vyvanse or ...
Social Media Depicts Kensington as “Zombieland”—and It’s Deadly
Jul 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 …