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	As a nonprofit publication, ''Filter'' is funded entirely by donations and grants. If you wish to support our reporting on drug use, drug policy and human rights, please donate using the button below. We’re grateful for your support.		As a nonprofit publication, ''Filter'' is funded entirely by donations and grants. If you wish to support our reporting on drug use, drug policy and human rights, please donate using the button below. We’re grateful for your support.

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Will is the founding editor-in-chief of ''Filter'', and executive director of The Influence Foundation, the nonprofit behind ''Filter''. He has worked as an editor in the drugs and human rights spaces for over 15 years. He was the founder and editor-in-chief of ''The Influence'', covering drug policy and related areas, and also founded and ran a harm reduction-oriented news site named ''Substance''. He previously served as editor-in-chief of the addiction-focused site ''The Fix,'' and co-founded and edited ''Voice of the Ville'', an award-winning print publication for incarcerated people in London.

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Helen has written about nicotine, mental health and drug policy for publications including ''Al Jazeera'', ''AlterNet'', ''Harper’s'' and ''The Influence''. As an LCSW, she works with drug users in medical and community mental health settings. An expert on tobacco harm reduction, she provides training and consultation on mental health, nicotine use and THR, and in 2016 organized the first Tobacco Harm Reduction Conference in the U.S. Helen is also a documentary filmmaker, and produces original video for ''Filter''.

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Alex previously worked as a reporter and copy editor at ''VICE''. His writing about tobacco harm reduction, psychedelics and many other subjects has been published in ''The New York Times Magazine'', ''The Columbia Journalism Review'', ''The Nation'' and ''The Daily Beast'', among other outlets.

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Alexander writes about the movement to end the War on Drugs. He grew up in New Jersey and swears it’s actually alright. He’s also a musician hoping to change the world through the power of ledger lines and legislation. Alexander was previously ''Filter''‘s editorial fellow.

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Kevin began working in harm reduction as a health educator, providing street-based syringe access services for people who inject drugs. He was later a bilingual medical case manager, providing case management for people living with HIV/AIDS. He has also been a chapter leader and member of the board of directors at Students for Sensible Drug Policy He plans to start an MSW/MPH program in fall of 2021. Kevin’s tobacco harm reduction fellowship is supported by an independently administered tobacco harm reduction scholarship from Knowledge-Action-Change—an organization that has separately provided restricted grants and donations to support ''Filter''.

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