"A look at who was appointed reveals that it’s stacked with methadone clinic operatives and defenders," writes
@helenredmond.bsky.social.
"How can anyone believe that the beneficiaries of the carceral methadone clinic system can be the ones to fix it?"
"Data like this don’t just reflect changes in the drug supply, but also changes in patterns of drug use. Someone can have more than one substance in their system at the time that they died, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they were consumed together."
09.03.2026 14:55 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
"A look at who was appointed reveals that it’s stacked with methadone clinic operatives and defenders," writes
@helenredmond.bsky.social.
"How can anyone believe that the beneficiaries of the carceral methadone clinic system can be the ones to fix it?"
"Data like this don’t just reflect changes in the drug supply, but also changes in patterns of drug use. Someone can have more than one substance in their system at the time that they died, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they were consumed together."
09.03.2026 14:55 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
New Hampshire residents want legalization; the House has repeatedly passed bills. But there's opposition in the Senate and from the governor.
“We know where it’s going to go,” the sponsor had said. “Let them be the ones that are pissing off voters who care about this.”
Kyle Jaeger reports:
"[W]e will continue to operate ... in places that aren't as safe. We’ll be in canal paths and vacant lots instead of a well-lit, maintained place that's accessible to public transit and for people with disabilities. We'll be pushed further out into the margins to places where maybe it's dangerous."
06.03.2026 06:09 — 👍 1 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
New Hampshire residents want legalization; the House has repeatedly passed bills. But there's opposition in the Senate and from the governor.
“We know where it’s going to go,” the sponsor had said. “Let them be the ones that are pissing off voters who care about this.”
Kyle Jaeger reports:
"While there are some notable differences between cychlorphine and the various fentanyl analogs and nitazenes that have previously been the 'next killer drug,' in this case some of the warnings appear due to a mixup."
05.03.2026 19:09 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 2
Phoenix's ban on harm reduction services in parks, though delayed, is already impacting participants, city harm reductionists tell Alexander Lekhtman.
“We’re not going to let ourselves be pushed out of our community just because of some nosy neighbors.”
"While there are some notable differences between cychlorphine and the various fentanyl analogs and nitazenes that have previously been the 'next killer drug,' in this case some of the warnings appear due to a mixup."
05.03.2026 19:09 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 2
Phoenix's ban on harm reduction services in parks, though delayed, is already impacting participants, city harm reductionists tell Alexander Lekhtman.
“We’re not going to let ourselves be pushed out of our community just because of some nosy neighbors.”
"Nine officers at South Central, the CoreCivic prison rapidly overtaking Trousdale Turner as the most violent in Tennessee, told Filter they are in favor of body cameras. The only person against the idea seems to be Commissioner Strada."
04.03.2026 18:31 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
"Wisconsin lawmakers need to do more to reduce a smoking rate that causes almost 8,000 annual deaths, says the American Lung Association. But its prescription involves reducing access to safer substitutes for deadly cigarettes."
@kiransidhu41.bsky.social reports:
"Nine officers at South Central, the CoreCivic prison rapidly overtaking Trousdale Turner as the most violent in Tennessee, told Filter they are in favor of body cameras. The only person against the idea seems to be Commissioner Strada."
04.03.2026 18:31 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
"Wisconsin lawmakers need to do more to reduce a smoking rate that causes almost 8,000 annual deaths, says the American Lung Association. But its prescription involves reducing access to safer substitutes for deadly cigarettes."
@kiransidhu41.bsky.social reports:
Other than these five, and a benzo-anesthetic that’s only approved for veterinary use, every other benzodiazepine in the Controlled Substances Act is in Schedule IV.
03.03.2026 16:43 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 2
-“This kind of action doesn’t serve its stated purpose and instead creates infighting within and between violent groups jockeying for market control.”
-"Fractures among non-state actors can lead to the takeover of other markets.”
@tganeva.bsky.social reports:
Other than these five, and a benzo-anesthetic that’s only approved for veterinary use, every other benzodiazepine in the Controlled Substances Act is in Schedule IV.
03.03.2026 16:43 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 2
Georgia “One Strike Act”: Even More Life Sentences, Even Less Parole
filtermag.org/georgia-one-...
-“This kind of action doesn’t serve its stated purpose and instead creates infighting within and between violent groups jockeying for market control.”
-"Fractures among non-state actors can lead to the takeover of other markets.”
@tganeva.bsky.social reports:
"Perhaps most egregiously, the One Strike Act would remove the possibility of parole for scores of people currently serving parole-eligible sentences. These convictions range from murder to simple assault to drug distribution."
02.03.2026 17:59 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
“We’re not anti the people who need these services. Just not here.”
"Nothing unites a community faster," writes @helenredmond.bsky.social, and methadone clinics' "carceral concessions to NIMBY groups further criminalize patients and reinforce discrimination."
"Perhaps most egregiously, the One Strike Act would remove the possibility of parole for scores of people currently serving parole-eligible sentences. These convictions range from murder to simple assault to drug distribution."
02.03.2026 17:59 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
“We’re not anti the people who need these services. Just not here.”
"Nothing unites a community faster," writes @helenredmond.bsky.social, and methadone clinics' "carceral concessions to NIMBY groups further criminalize patients and reinforce discrimination."
The bill would allow 10 of Louisiana's existing medical marijuana dispensaries to serve adult-use customers for 3 years, paving the way for a “potential permanent program.”
Its passage "could prove complicated in the conservative legislature, however," reports Kyle Jaeger:
🧵As proven through an array of studies & folks' lived experiences in the U.S. & abroad, #OverdosePrevention centers ( #OPCs) save lives, improve #PublicHealth outcomes for entire communities, & uplift the well-being of people who use drugs. We'll continue advocating for these...
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The bill would allow 10 of Louisiana's existing medical marijuana dispensaries to serve adult-use customers for 3 years, paving the way for a “potential permanent program.”
Its passage "could prove complicated in the conservative legislature, however," reports Kyle Jaeger:
Across a range of institutions, the pathway for implementing harm reduction programming was strikingly similar, research found.
Student advocacy was often the first step, followed by partnerships with community organizations.
Sydney Sauer reports:
"Harm reduction advocates say this damagingly conflates vaping with smoking in the public eye, won’t protect kids in any meaningful way, and contributes to a worsening national climate for tobacco harm reduction."
@kiransidhu41.bsky.social reports:
