It's definitely an interesting article, but I think here it's really worth to click around a bit and get aware of the context it's posted in.
The site it's published on, Filter Magazine, describes itself [1]:
> Our mission is to advocate through journalism for rational and compassionate approaches to drug use, drug policy and human rights.
Sponsors include [2] Juul Labs, Phillip Morris International, The American Vaping Association and Knowledge Action Change (see below).
The author of the article herself is a grantee of Knowledge Action Change [3]. KAC describes itself [4] as an advocacy organization for "tobacco harm reduction" which basically means promoting "alternative" tobacco products such as vapes. [5]
None of this means that the article is wrong, but it is definitely not unbiased.
I think it makes a difference that the author is not some random person who reflects about her drug use growing up and comes to the conclusion that it actually had lasting positive effects - but someone who actively lobbies for drug use as part of her job.
[1] https://filtermag.org/about-filter/amp/
[2] https://filtermag.org/about-the-influence-foundation/amp/
[3] https://filtermag.org/author/kiran-sidhu/amp/
[4] https://kachange.eu/#about-us
[5] https://thrsp.net/introduction-to-the-thrsp/
The site it's published on, Filter Magazine, describes itself [1]:
> Our mission is to advocate through journalism for rational and compassionate approaches to drug use, drug policy and human rights.
Sponsors include [2] Juul Labs, Phillip Morris International, The American Vaping Association and Knowledge Action Change (see below).
The author of the article herself is a grantee of Knowledge Action Change [3]. KAC describes itself [4] as an advocacy organization for "tobacco harm reduction" which basically means promoting "alternative" tobacco products such as vapes. [5]
None of this means that the article is wrong, but it is definitely not unbiased.
I think it makes a difference that the author is not some random person who reflects about her drug use growing up and comes to the conclusion that it actually had lasting positive effects - but someone who actively lobbies for drug use as part of her job.
[1] https://filtermag.org/about-filter/amp/
[2] https://filtermag.org/about-the-influence-foundation/amp/
[3] https://filtermag.org/author/kiran-sidhu/amp/
[4] https://kachange.eu/#about-us
[5] https://thrsp.net/introduction-to-the-thrsp/