No Drug Education: The Rise and Fall of DARE - Filter
WEBMay 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
WEBSep 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 through safer smoking kit programs, is banned.
Disposable Vapes Eating Into Cigarette Sales, Industry Data Show
WEBAug 14, 2024 · T he most striking thing about tobacco giant Altria’s second-quarter report is the nature of the rapid transition it reflects from cigarettes to non-combustibles in the United States, according to expert David Sweanor, who reviewed the information released in late July. “The greatest part of the decline in use of lethal cigarettes is attributed to movement to disposable vaping products and ...
Nicotine 101: The Truth About What It Is and What it Does - Filter
WEBMar 11, 2019 · I n July 2017, an announcement by the FDA declared that the agency “places nicotine, and the issue of addiction, at the center of the agency’s tobacco regulation efforts.”. It’s no surprise that with this renewed focus on nicotine—and ensuing FDA-driven fear-mongering surrounding products that contain the substance, even if they don’t involve combustion of tobacco—people are more ...
After a Program Handed Out Heroin Pipes, Some People Injected …
WEBOct 5, 2022 · S moking heroin and other opioids can help people to avoid some of the harms associated with injecting, experts say. Meanwhile, new research suggests that handing out a pipe designed specifically as a harm reduction tool for heroin use could encourage people to inject less or switch entirely.
Inside a Busy Safe Consumption Site in Portugal - Filter
WEBFeb 26, 2024 · [The following are the words of Maria Luísa Salazar, one of the organizers of a safe consumption space in Lisbon, Portugal, as told to Helen Redmond, whose short film depicting the site is above.
Japan’s Leading Position in the Tobacco Harm Reduction World
WEBMay 29, 2024 · J apan has halved its cigarette sales in a decade, in what tobacco harm reductionists call a “globally unprecedented” shift. What can this be attributed to, in a country where 79 percent of men aged 20-29 once smoked? A new Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction (GSTHR) briefing paper reviews this success story. It cites a number of contributing factors to the dramatic fall in cigarette ...
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WEB6 days ago · Filter's mission is to advocate through journalism for rational and compassionate approaches to drug use, drug policy and human rights.
Small Cannabis Farmers Are Under Threat in California - Filter
WEBAug 22, 2024 · A California bill could legalize cannabis farmers’ markets, within certain limits. But there are doubts about how much it would really help small cannabis farmers in the state, who are facing severe struggles to make ends meet.
“Wasp Dope”—Under Prohibition, Insecticide Becomes Meth
WEBDec 3, 2020 · I n Appalachian Kentucky, drug users’ difficulty accessing unregulated markets may be driving the uptake of a novel psychoactive substance in proportions comparable to the region’s cocaine use, according to the first known epidemiological report on its prevalence.. Between February 2018 and April 2019, one in six participants involved in a University of Kentucky study surveying 278 drug ...