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The federal audit also found that out of nearly 30,000 cases reviewed, 21,190 prisoners had "earned time" that the Bureau of Prisons had not actually applied toward their release dates.
Audit: Widespread Failures in Federal Prisons' Use of Halfway House System - Filter
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is not only continuing to incarcerate people past the point when they should have ...
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February 18, 2026 at 7:06 PM
The federal audit also found that out of nearly 30,000 cases reviewed, 21,190 prisoners had "earned time" that the Bureau of Prisons had not actually applied toward their release dates.
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BC knew that just 0.3% of drugs seized in Vancouver by weight were hydromorphone.
"Rather than publicize the evidence to correct loud claims of diversion flooding communities, the BC government opted to sit on the information and retreat from safe supply."
@godfrey.bsky.social reports:
"Rather than publicize the evidence to correct loud claims of diversion flooding communities, the BC government opted to sit on the information and retreat from safe supply."
@godfrey.bsky.social reports:
Documents Show BC Knew Safe-Supply Diversion Was Negligible - Filter
Even as British Columbia’s Ministry of Health was caving to right-wing panic over “diversion” of safe supply drugs, its public ...
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February 18, 2026 at 4:22 PM
BC knew that just 0.3% of drugs seized in Vancouver by weight were hydromorphone.
"Rather than publicize the evidence to correct loud claims of diversion flooding communities, the BC government opted to sit on the information and retreat from safe supply."
@godfrey.bsky.social reports:
"Rather than publicize the evidence to correct loud claims of diversion flooding communities, the BC government opted to sit on the information and retreat from safe supply."
@godfrey.bsky.social reports:
The federal audit also found that out of nearly 30,000 cases reviewed, 21,190 prisoners had "earned time" that the Bureau of Prisons had not actually applied toward their release dates.
Audit: Widespread Failures in Federal Prisons' Use of Halfway House System - Filter
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is not only continuing to incarcerate people past the point when they should have ...
filtermag.org
February 18, 2026 at 7:06 PM
The federal audit also found that out of nearly 30,000 cases reviewed, 21,190 prisoners had "earned time" that the Bureau of Prisons had not actually applied toward their release dates.
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while the BCNDP was caving to the diversion moral panic and severely limiting its safe supply program, the public safety ministry was acknowledging in budget preparation documents that hydromorphone only accounted for 0.3% of VPD drug seizures by weight
BC knew that just 0.3% of drugs seized in Vancouver by weight were hydromorphone.
"Rather than publicize the evidence to correct loud claims of diversion flooding communities, the BC government opted to sit on the information and retreat from safe supply."
@godfrey.bsky.social reports:
"Rather than publicize the evidence to correct loud claims of diversion flooding communities, the BC government opted to sit on the information and retreat from safe supply."
@godfrey.bsky.social reports:
Documents Show BC Knew Safe-Supply Diversion Was Negligible - Filter
Even as British Columbia’s Ministry of Health was caving to right-wing panic over “diversion” of safe supply drugs, its public ...
filtermag.org
February 18, 2026 at 4:43 PM
while the BCNDP was caving to the diversion moral panic and severely limiting its safe supply program, the public safety ministry was acknowledging in budget preparation documents that hydromorphone only accounted for 0.3% of VPD drug seizures by weight
BC knew that just 0.3% of drugs seized in Vancouver by weight were hydromorphone.
"Rather than publicize the evidence to correct loud claims of diversion flooding communities, the BC government opted to sit on the information and retreat from safe supply."
@godfrey.bsky.social reports:
"Rather than publicize the evidence to correct loud claims of diversion flooding communities, the BC government opted to sit on the information and retreat from safe supply."
@godfrey.bsky.social reports:
Documents Show BC Knew Safe-Supply Diversion Was Negligible - Filter
Even as British Columbia’s Ministry of Health was caving to right-wing panic over “diversion” of safe supply drugs, its public ...
filtermag.org
February 18, 2026 at 4:22 PM
BC knew that just 0.3% of drugs seized in Vancouver by weight were hydromorphone.
"Rather than publicize the evidence to correct loud claims of diversion flooding communities, the BC government opted to sit on the information and retreat from safe supply."
@godfrey.bsky.social reports:
"Rather than publicize the evidence to correct loud claims of diversion flooding communities, the BC government opted to sit on the information and retreat from safe supply."
@godfrey.bsky.social reports:
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🧵 #Prohibition kills. #SafeSupply, along with other life-saving #HarmReduction services & programs, saves lives. Each individual knows their own health needs best, & we must respect that. As noted in this @filtermag.bsky.social story, a study published via...
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Baltimore Drug Users Want Safe Supply, Know How It Should Look - Filter
People who use drugs in Baltimore, overwhelmingly support prescribed safe supply programs, according to new research. Published in the International ...
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February 17, 2026 at 5:45 PM
🧵 #Prohibition kills. #SafeSupply, along with other life-saving #HarmReduction services & programs, saves lives. Each individual knows their own health needs best, & we must respect that. As noted in this @filtermag.bsky.social story, a study published via...
bit.ly/BaltimoreSafeSupplySurvey
bit.ly/BaltimoreSafeSupplySurvey
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A 2025 attempt passed through the Senate but came to an unexpected end when Gov. Lamont reportedly threatened a veto, then denied involvement.
New OPC Bill in Connecticut, Where Gov. Lamont Wanted to “Wait and See” - Filter
Connecticut senators have introduced a bill to authorize an overdose prevention center (OPC) pilot project. SB 195 was proposed February ...
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February 17, 2026 at 6:21 PM
A 2025 attempt passed through the Senate but came to an unexpected end when Gov. Lamont reportedly threatened a veto, then denied involvement.
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"[R]ecriminalization is bringing back barriers to health care, including potential for HIV and hepatitis C prevention."
“It's like they purposely want us to crash and burn."
"Canada has been the only G7 country where HIV/AIDS prevalence is rising."
#BritishColumbia #Canada #Drugs #Healthcare
“It's like they purposely want us to crash and burn."
"Canada has been the only G7 country where HIV/AIDS prevalence is rising."
#BritishColumbia #Canada #Drugs #Healthcare
In British Columbia, Drug Policy Rollbacks Are Limiting HIV Care
"Accessing safer supply supported their adherence to HIV medications," said Ivsins. "It's a really important relationship."
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February 15, 2026 at 4:29 PM
"[R]ecriminalization is bringing back barriers to health care, including potential for HIV and hepatitis C prevention."
“It's like they purposely want us to crash and burn."
"Canada has been the only G7 country where HIV/AIDS prevalence is rising."
#BritishColumbia #Canada #Drugs #Healthcare
“It's like they purposely want us to crash and burn."
"Canada has been the only G7 country where HIV/AIDS prevalence is rising."
#BritishColumbia #Canada #Drugs #Healthcare
A 2025 attempt passed through the Senate but came to an unexpected end when Gov. Lamont reportedly threatened a veto, then denied involvement.
New OPC Bill in Connecticut, Where Gov. Lamont Wanted to “Wait and See” - Filter
Connecticut senators have introduced a bill to authorize an overdose prevention center (OPC) pilot project. SB 195 was proposed February ...
filtermag.org
February 17, 2026 at 6:21 PM
A 2025 attempt passed through the Senate but came to an unexpected end when Gov. Lamont reportedly threatened a veto, then denied involvement.
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“All immigration detention is inherently inhumane and rife with abuse, and yet the warehouse model currently being pursued is particularly horrifying,” says one expert.
@tganeva.bsky.social reports:
@tganeva.bsky.social reports:
Already Killing People, ICE to Scale Up With Warehouse Detention - Filter
“No puedo respirar!” Geraldo Lunas Campos yelled as guards pinned him down. I can’t breathe. The moments leading up to ...
filtermag.org
February 17, 2026 at 3:28 PM
“All immigration detention is inherently inhumane and rife with abuse, and yet the warehouse model currently being pursued is particularly horrifying,” says one expert.
@tganeva.bsky.social reports:
@tganeva.bsky.social reports:
“All immigration detention is inherently inhumane and rife with abuse, and yet the warehouse model currently being pursued is particularly horrifying,” says one expert.
@tganeva.bsky.social reports:
@tganeva.bsky.social reports:
Already Killing People, ICE to Scale Up With Warehouse Detention - Filter
“No puedo respirar!” Geraldo Lunas Campos yelled as guards pinned him down. I can’t breathe. The moments leading up to ...
filtermag.org
February 17, 2026 at 3:28 PM
“All immigration detention is inherently inhumane and rife with abuse, and yet the warehouse model currently being pursued is particularly horrifying,” says one expert.
@tganeva.bsky.social reports:
@tganeva.bsky.social reports:
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"Governor Josh Stein spoke of the need to strengthen coordination between cops and mental health crisis responders. His speech followed a well-worn playbook wherein legislators campaign for such reform only after a rare violent tragedy."
After "Iryna's Law," Behavioral Crisis Response in NC Grows More Carceral - Filter
On February 5, North Carolina Governor Josh Stein (D) signed an executive order titled “Protecting North Carolinians Through Stronger Behavioral ...
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February 13, 2026 at 4:14 PM
"Governor Josh Stein spoke of the need to strengthen coordination between cops and mental health crisis responders. His speech followed a well-worn playbook wherein legislators campaign for such reform only after a rare violent tragedy."
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Here's my latest for @filtermag.bsky.social on North Carolina Governor Josh Stein's shameful Executive Order #33 that doubles down on punitive approaches to crisis, builds harmful policy from tragedy, and ignores his state's own local community experience and expertise.
"Governor Josh Stein spoke of the need to strengthen coordination between cops and mental health crisis responders. His speech followed a well-worn playbook wherein legislators campaign for such reform only after a rare violent tragedy."
After "Iryna's Law," Behavioral Crisis Response in NC Grows More Carceral - Filter
On February 5, North Carolina Governor Josh Stein (D) signed an executive order titled “Protecting North Carolinians Through Stronger Behavioral ...
filtermag.org
February 13, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Here's my latest for @filtermag.bsky.social on North Carolina Governor Josh Stein's shameful Executive Order #33 that doubles down on punitive approaches to crisis, builds harmful policy from tragedy, and ignores his state's own local community experience and expertise.
"Governor Josh Stein spoke of the need to strengthen coordination between cops and mental health crisis responders. His speech followed a well-worn playbook wherein legislators campaign for such reform only after a rare violent tragedy."
After "Iryna's Law," Behavioral Crisis Response in NC Grows More Carceral - Filter
On February 5, North Carolina Governor Josh Stein (D) signed an executive order titled “Protecting North Carolinians Through Stronger Behavioral ...
filtermag.org
February 13, 2026 at 4:14 PM
"Governor Josh Stein spoke of the need to strengthen coordination between cops and mental health crisis responders. His speech followed a well-worn playbook wherein legislators campaign for such reform only after a rare violent tragedy."
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Curtis worked for TRICOR for nearly 15 years. After he was released from prison, he listed his TRICOR supervisor as a job reference. But when a prospective employer called to inquire, the supervisor said they couldn’t comment. Curtis didn’t get the job.
The False Promises of TRICOR, Tennessee's Prison Jobs Initiative - Filter
For the past decade I worked at the print plant at South Central Correctional Facility, one of the few jobs ...
filtermag.org
February 11, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Curtis worked for TRICOR for nearly 15 years. After he was released from prison, he listed his TRICOR supervisor as a job reference. But when a prospective employer called to inquire, the supervisor said they couldn’t comment. Curtis didn’t get the job.
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From the start, he said, what’s now being called a failed social experiment never prioritized the people who were actually dying.
In Vancouver's DTES, Harm Reduction Moves Forward Without Decrim - Filter
In a small but sunny kitchen in the Downtown Eastside (DTES), a vat of cooked pasta and some surplus vegetables ...
filtermag.org
February 12, 2026 at 6:08 PM
From the start, he said, what’s now being called a failed social experiment never prioritized the people who were actually dying.
From the start, he said, what’s now being called a failed social experiment never prioritized the people who were actually dying.
In Vancouver's DTES, Harm Reduction Moves Forward Without Decrim - Filter
In a small but sunny kitchen in the Downtown Eastside (DTES), a vat of cooked pasta and some surplus vegetables ...
filtermag.org
February 12, 2026 at 6:08 PM
From the start, he said, what’s now being called a failed social experiment never prioritized the people who were actually dying.
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Gray-market vendors closing, cutting access to harm reduction.
A "legal vacuum" that could see vape users "stopped, detained or extorted" by cops.
An expansion of Mexico's drug war and “a gift to illegal non-state groups.”
@kiransidhu41.bsky.social reports:
A "legal vacuum" that could see vape users "stopped, detained or extorted" by cops.
An expansion of Mexico's drug war and “a gift to illegal non-state groups.”
@kiransidhu41.bsky.social reports:
Mexico’s Vape Prohibition Is Already Biting - Filter
A mandate to ban nicotine vapes was enshrined in Mexico’s constitution in early 2025—a step described as “essential” by President ...
filtermag.org
February 12, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Gray-market vendors closing, cutting access to harm reduction.
A "legal vacuum" that could see vape users "stopped, detained or extorted" by cops.
An expansion of Mexico's drug war and “a gift to illegal non-state groups.”
@kiransidhu41.bsky.social reports:
A "legal vacuum" that could see vape users "stopped, detained or extorted" by cops.
An expansion of Mexico's drug war and “a gift to illegal non-state groups.”
@kiransidhu41.bsky.social reports:
Gray-market vendors closing, cutting access to harm reduction.
A "legal vacuum" that could see vape users "stopped, detained or extorted" by cops.
An expansion of Mexico's drug war and “a gift to illegal non-state groups.”
@kiransidhu41.bsky.social reports:
A "legal vacuum" that could see vape users "stopped, detained or extorted" by cops.
An expansion of Mexico's drug war and “a gift to illegal non-state groups.”
@kiransidhu41.bsky.social reports:
Mexico’s Vape Prohibition Is Already Biting - Filter
A mandate to ban nicotine vapes was enshrined in Mexico’s constitution in early 2025—a step described as “essential” by President ...
filtermag.org
February 12, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Gray-market vendors closing, cutting access to harm reduction.
A "legal vacuum" that could see vape users "stopped, detained or extorted" by cops.
An expansion of Mexico's drug war and “a gift to illegal non-state groups.”
@kiransidhu41.bsky.social reports:
A "legal vacuum" that could see vape users "stopped, detained or extorted" by cops.
An expansion of Mexico's drug war and “a gift to illegal non-state groups.”
@kiransidhu41.bsky.social reports:
Curtis worked for TRICOR for nearly 15 years. After he was released from prison, he listed his TRICOR supervisor as a job reference. But when a prospective employer called to inquire, the supervisor said they couldn’t comment. Curtis didn’t get the job.
The False Promises of TRICOR, Tennessee's Prison Jobs Initiative - Filter
For the past decade I worked at the print plant at South Central Correctional Facility, one of the few jobs ...
filtermag.org
February 11, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Curtis worked for TRICOR for nearly 15 years. After he was released from prison, he listed his TRICOR supervisor as a job reference. But when a prospective employer called to inquire, the supervisor said they couldn’t comment. Curtis didn’t get the job.
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Today is the UN International Day of Women and Girls in Science, so we’re putting the spotlight on @melodyglenn.bsky.social and Dr. Marie Nyswander! @filtermag.bsky.social
“Mother of Methadone”—Trailblazing and Stigma in Addiction Medicine
With Dr. Melody Glenn’s new book—Mother of Methadone: A Doctor’s Quest, A Forgotten History, And A Modern-Day Crisis—Dr. Marie Nyswander ...
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February 11, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Today is the UN International Day of Women and Girls in Science, so we’re putting the spotlight on @melodyglenn.bsky.social and Dr. Marie Nyswander! @filtermag.bsky.social
“Senator Surovell’s harmful amendments will undoubtedly inflict disproportionate harm on Black people, people of color, and low income earners while further criminalizing our communities,” states coalition of 37 civil rights orgs.
Kyle Jaeger reports:
Kyle Jaeger reports:
Cut New Marijuana Penalties From Sales Bill, Coalition Urges VA Senate - Filter
A coalition of 37 cannabis and civil rights organizations is urging Virginia senators to reverse course on amendments made to ...
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February 11, 2026 at 4:02 PM
“Senator Surovell’s harmful amendments will undoubtedly inflict disproportionate harm on Black people, people of color, and low income earners while further criminalizing our communities,” states coalition of 37 civil rights orgs.
Kyle Jaeger reports:
Kyle Jaeger reports:
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"Accessing safer supply supported their adherence to HIV medications," said Andrew Ivsins, a researcher with the BC Centre on Substance Use. "It’s a really important relationship."
In British Columbia, Drug Policy Rollbacks Are Limiting HIV Care - Filter
Harley Ransom began practicing harm reduction in southeastern Ontario in the late 1980s, when he was 6 years old. His ...
filtermag.org
February 10, 2026 at 4:48 PM
"Accessing safer supply supported their adherence to HIV medications," said Andrew Ivsins, a researcher with the BC Centre on Substance Use. "It’s a really important relationship."
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“We need to scale this," says leader of New York State vape-collection pilot, as well as design vapes to be "easily recycled."
Practical steps like these "can reduce both toxic waste *and* toxic opposition to tobacco harm reduction," writes @helenredmond.bsky.social:
Practical steps like these "can reduce both toxic waste *and* toxic opposition to tobacco harm reduction," writes @helenredmond.bsky.social:
How to Dispose of the Environmental Argument Against Vapes? - Filter
One of the many controversies around vaping nicotine is the impact on the enviroment—particularly of disposable, single-use vapes. When this ...
filtermag.org
February 10, 2026 at 3:53 PM
“We need to scale this," says leader of New York State vape-collection pilot, as well as design vapes to be "easily recycled."
Practical steps like these "can reduce both toxic waste *and* toxic opposition to tobacco harm reduction," writes @helenredmond.bsky.social:
Practical steps like these "can reduce both toxic waste *and* toxic opposition to tobacco harm reduction," writes @helenredmond.bsky.social:
"Accessing safer supply supported their adherence to HIV medications," said Andrew Ivsins, a researcher with the BC Centre on Substance Use. "It’s a really important relationship."
In British Columbia, Drug Policy Rollbacks Are Limiting HIV Care - Filter
Harley Ransom began practicing harm reduction in southeastern Ontario in the late 1980s, when he was 6 years old. His ...
filtermag.org
February 10, 2026 at 4:48 PM
"Accessing safer supply supported their adherence to HIV medications," said Andrew Ivsins, a researcher with the BC Centre on Substance Use. "It’s a really important relationship."