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.
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Over the last decade, the price of naloxone, a medication used to reverse the effects of opioids and prevent overdoses, has skyrocketed. One naloxone delivery system, Evizo, was priced at $690 in…
Washington, DC (March 27) -The R Street Institute applauds the recent introduction of the Comprehensive Opioid Recovery Centers (CORC) Act of 2018, sponsored by Sens. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) and…
Washington (March 13) – Smoking is well-established as the cause of a number of serious health problems. Often, the burden of these side effects falls heavily upon the government – and more…
*Steven Greenhut co-authored this op-ed.
Activists around the country will again march for science in April as part of a budding movement promoting the importance of making public-policy decisions…
Testimony from: Marc Hyden, Southeast Region Director, R Street Institute
March 6, 2018
Thank you so much for this opportunity to testify. My name is Marc Hyden. I am a Georgian, and I am also…
March 5, 2018
Dear Republican Leaders and Appropriations Committee Chairmen,
We, the undersigned organizations, urge you to provide regulatory relief from the Food and Drug Administration’s…
Not to be outdone by a friend who is having his mid-life crisis, I’ve been going through my own way-past-mid-life crisis. So I’ve been looking into motorcycle riding as a way to spark a little…
Testimony from:
Carrie Wade, Director of Harm Reduction Policy, R Street Institute
Marc Hyden, Southeast Region Director, R Street Institute
In SUPPORT of House Bill 877, “AN ACT To amend…
The recently released National Academies of Sciences e-cigarette report leads to an incorrect conclusion that e-cigarette use increases the risk of using traditional combustible cigarettes….
By most measures, Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech was a rollicking success. He was on script, upbeat and even warm, albeit a bit long-winded. Even when he talked about immigration, he…