Many People Left to Make Their Own Stimulant Pipes and Face
WEBSep 27, 2023 · Many People Left to Make Their Own Stimulant Pipes and Face the Risks. 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 …
Nicotine 101: The Truth About What It Is and What it Does - Filter
WEBMar 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 ...
21 to Drink? The Debate Around America’s Outlier Status - Filter
WEBAug 26, 2020 · The Debate Around America’s Outlier Status. 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 decades.
Disposable Vapes Eating Into Cigarette Sales, Industry Data Show
WEBAug 14, 2024 · Disposable Vapes Eating Into Cigarette Sales, Industry Data Show. 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.
California’s Vape Flavor Ban Begins With Confusion ... - Filter
WEBDec 22, 2022 · California’s Vape Flavor Ban Begins With Confusion, Enforcement Threats. O n December 21, California’s nicotine flavor ban finally went into effect, a little more than a month after voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 31. The law will prohibit the sale of almost all flavored nicotine products—including vapes and menthol cigarettes ...
No Drug Education: The Rise and Fall of DARE - Filter
WEBMay 1, 2024 · Forget drug education, the author of a comprehensive new history tells Filter. The DARE program was about reshaping the image of the police.
Social Media Depicts Kensington as “Zombieland”—and It’s Deadly
WEBJul 27, 2023 · Social Media Depicts Kensington as “Zombieland”—and It’s Deadly. 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 …
Learning the Blues: West Coast Grapples With Shifting Drug …
WEBDec 16, 2021 · Learning the Blues: West Coast Grapples With Shifting Drug Supply. “ Forever, the prevalence of what kinds of drugs people did was completely boring,” Alex Kral, an epidemiologist from the nonprofit health research institute RTI international, told Filter. He has been studying the drug market in San Francisco and elsewhere for 28 years.
“Never Use Alone”: Free 24-Hour Hotline Expands Across New
WEBOct 20, 2021 · T he Never Use Alone Massachusetts hotline has become Never Use Alone New England, consolidating the free service for people using drugs across Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. The phone number is the same: 1-800-972-0590. If you’re about to use alone, you can call …
“Tranq Dope”—The Heroin Combo That’s Been Putting Philly to …
WEBApr 2, 2019 · The tranq dope that xylazine produces in combination with heroin is favored by some, and disdained by others. Louis, a Philadelphia Latino in his mid-30s, told Filter that he prefers the energy he gets from pure opioids, but that he knows people who prefer the added sedation of tranquilizer cut. Asked how she avoids it, she said she depends on ...