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网页3 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.
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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 ...
Why Tobacco Harm Reduction? A First Question of Many
网页4 天之前 · End of story. And at least where I live, there isn’t another story. I tested HIV positive in 1992. I had not heard the words “harm reduction” then, but I started to pass out clean needles and bleach kits in my circle of peers, and talk about how to not transmit the virus. When I was sent to prison in 1995, everyone already knew me from ...
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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 ...
New Paper Calls for "Middle-Ground" Approach to Vaping …
网页2022年9月7日 · New Paper Calls for “Middle-Ground” Approach to Vaping Regulation. by Alex Norcia September 7, 2022. F our highly regarded tobacco control scholars are calling for a policy agenda on e-cigarettes that balances curbing youth use with promoting vaping products as tools that can help adult smokers switch to safer nicotine alternatives.
Cannabis Use Among Older Adults Almost Doubles in Three Years
网页2024年9月13日 · A new study supported by AARP shows that marijuana use by older people in the United States has nearly doubled in the last three years—with most saying they use cannabis to relieve pain, help with sleep, improve mental health and achieve other benefits.. More than one in five Americans aged 50 and older now say they’ve used marijuana at least once in the past year, according to the survey ...
Study Links Cannabis Use to Decreased Odds of Cognitive Decline
网页by Ben Adlin March 1, 2024. M arijuana use is associated with lower odds of subjective cognitive decline (SCD), according to a new study, with people who consume cannabis for recreational or medical purposes reporting less confusion and memory loss compared to non-users. The study—which showed that recreational cannabis use is ...
At Hostile COP10, Threats to Tobacco Harm Reduction Postponed
网页2024年2月20日 · At Hostile COP10, Threats to Tobacco Harm Reduction Postponed. by Kiran Sidhu February 20, 2024. T he worst threats of the World Health Organization’s COP10 tobacco control conference to global harm reduction access were averted, for now. The WHO’s 10th Conference of the Parties to its Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) finally ...
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网页FilterMag; Politics + Legalization; DEA Schedules Historic Public Hearing on Psychedelics DOI, DOC. The Drug Enforcement Administration’s years-long campaign to ban two lesser-known psychedelic substances—2,5-Dimethoxy-4-iodoamphetamine (DOI) and ...