2024 Impact Report: Integrated Harm Reduction
2024 Research, Analysis, and News Highlights
Research
1. Tobacco Harm Reduction: Tobacco Control 2.0 Series
3. Harm Reduction: Progressive Except for Nicotine: A Discussion of States’ Inconsistent Adoption of Harm Reduction Public Policy
4. Tobacco Harm Reduction: Flavor Can Save Lives: The Neurobiological Rationale for Flavor in Reduced-Risk Nicotine Products
5. Sexual Health: Preventing HIV with Pharmacist-Prescribed PrEP
Analysis
1. Tobacco Harm Reduction: Nicotine Is Not the Problem
2. Opioids: Drug Scheduling Decisions Must Follow the Science
3. Opioids: Exploring Naloxone Competition Series
4. Sexual health: Legislative Lessons: How Three States Improved Access to HIV Prevention Medications
5. Opioids: Optimizing Consumer Choice for Overdose Reversal Medications
News
1. USA Today: Clean syringes seem counterintuitive to fentanyl fight. But needle exchange saves lives.
2. The Washington Post: Methadone access is crucial to curbing fentanyl use
3. Winston-Salem Journal: FDA’s OK of NJoy menthol e-cigarettes may be game-changer
4. Axios: Trump’s surgeon general urges red states to support needle exchanges
5. Real Clear Health: We Can Further Reduce Smoking
2024 Events and Multimedia Highlights
Tobacco Harm Reduction
Opioid Harm Reduction
Opioid Harm Reduction
Tobacco Harm Reduction
Sexual Health
Opioid Harm Reduction
Podcast: Tobacco Harm Reduction
Podcast: Integrated Harm Reduction with Jessica Shortall
IHR Team Out and About


Safer From Harm Coalition
The R Street Institute leads the Safer from Harm coalition, which brings together a diverse network of organizations and individuals dedicated to advancing all forms of harm reduction in public policy. Coalition members include:
Meet the Integrated Harm Reduction Team
The R Street Institute’s Integrated Harm Reduction program is grounded in the understanding that “abstinence only” approaches to behaviors that carry health risks are ineffective at the population level.

Jessica Shortall, Strategic Partnerships Lead & Safer From Harm Coalition Leader (Bio.)
R Street Institute’s 2024 By the Numbers











