R Street’s Harm Reduction program aims for integrated harm reduction with tobacco, opioid and sexual behavior as central elements. We believe that “abstinence only” approaches to risky behaviors will not work on a population-wide basis. As such, we emphasize harm-reduction approaches that accept that harmful behavior may continue even as we seek to mitigate – if not eliminate – the harms involved.
Harm Reduction
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Anti-Science War on Vaping
Alec Ulasevich
From RealClearHealth:
Vaping bans and politicized attacks on vaping devices hurt those who want to kick the smoking habit.
In the Age of the Internet, State Regulation of Consumer Products is Almost Impossible
Eli Lehrer
When it suits them, nearly all politicians say they support letting states make their own decisions. Take, for example, Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) who has stood for increased federal…
Dear Suffolk County Legislators,
The R Street Institute is a national think tank devoted to free markets and limited, effective government. We are liberty-minded and non-partisan. As an…
WASHINGTON (Oct. 5, 2020)—The United Kingdom (UK) and Thailand are two countries that are often praised for their tobacco regulation. However, the way the two countries approach novel tobacco…
The United Kingdom’s approach to cessation which endorses harm reduction through the use of safer alternatives to combustible cigarettes stands in contrast to the Thailand policy of banning…
Review of: Tom P Freeman et al., “Cannabidiol for the treatment of cannabis use disorder: a phase 2a, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised, adaptive Bayesian trial,” The Lancet…
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CASAA Heads Up – News – Updates 9.21.2020
Chelsea Boyd
From CASAA:
Don’t miss the 11th Global Tobacco & Nicotine Forum! Great R Street commentary on Florida flavor ban veto. Fridley, MN makes cigarettes easier to buy than safer alternatives….
Electronic cigarettes were originally introduced onto the U.S. market in the early 2000s as a potential tool to help individuals quit smoking combustible cigarettes. In the intervening years, their…
Anti-Tobacco Posers Posture Over Public Health
Steven Greenhut
Sen. Jerry Hill, who authored a bill that would ban flavored-tobacco products across the state, once declared that he isn’t interested in “half measures” to deal with what he views as a teen…