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. Read our theory of change about the future of integrated harm reduction.
Harm Reduction
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January 11, 2022
California State Assembly Committee on Health
California State Capitol
1315 10th St, Sacramento, CA 95814
Dear Assembly Member Wood:
I am writing on behalf of R Street Institute…
The R Street Institute believes that health policy grounded in harm reduction has the potential to reduce the negative consequences associated with various behaviors drastically, both legal and…
Radio: Reason Report – Eric Boehm with Modern Day Prohibition
Steven Greenhut
From American Radio Journal:
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From Common Dreams:
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Mazen Saleh
From The Washington Post:
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Mazen Saleh
From Drug Policy Alliance:
The Drug Policy Alliance (DPA), National Harm Reduction Coalition, People’s Action and VOCAL-NY led a coalition of 240 civil rights, drug policy, criminal justice…
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Steven Greenhut
Few explanations about the ultimate pointlessness of Prohibition are better than the one found in the 1969 Creedence Clearwater Revival song, Bootleg: “Take you a glass of water, make it…
Dear Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader Schumer, Majority Leader Hoyer, Minority Leader McConnell, Minority Leader McCarthy, and Honorable Members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives:
The…
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Steven Greenhut
There are so many reasons to oppose the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion Build Back Better legislation, not the least of which centers on the bill’s asinine name. Forget about the moniker’s iffy…
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Marc Hyden
The conservative 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dealt President Joe Biden an embarrassing setback. In September, Biden issued an executive order directing the Occupational Safety and Health…