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.
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The R Street Institute urges all members to reject the tobacco tax provisions in the Build Back Better Act. In their current form, these provisions would undermine the United States Food and Drug…
From Marijuana Moment:
The R Street Institute is asking Congress to reject the Biden administration’s proposal to permanently control fentanyl-related substances in Schedule I.
Video: How the FDA’s Decision on E-Cigs Could Impact the Tobacco Industry
Chelsea Boyd
From Cheddar:
As the controversy around the health impact of e-cigarettes continues, the FDA’s deadline on the fate of tobacco-based vaping products is inching closer. Chelsea Boyd, research…
Time to look beyond tobacco cessation; here’s how
Chelsea Boyd
From Business Today:
A case, therefore, needs to be made that in a country with such a large tobacco-using population, consuming a wide variety of products, and inadequate quit support,…
WASHINGTON (Sept. 8, 2021)—Last week, on behalf of the Biden-Harris administration, the Office of National Drug Control Policy, Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Justice…
Sept. 9, 2021 is a pivotal day for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and reduced-risk tobacco products, such as e-cigarettes. The FDA is expected to announce which products have received…
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More than 140 Groups Urge White House to End Over-Criminalization of Fentanyl-Related Substances
Mazen Saleh
August 24, 2021
President Joe Biden
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The answer is tobacco harm reduction
Chelsea Boyd
From CNBC:
A recent policy study, undertaken by R-Street Institute, examined India’s complex tobacco landscape and shed light on the lack of sensible and consistent regulation that focuses on…
In 2020, more than 90,000 people in the United States died of a drug overdose. Nearly two-thirds of those deaths involved synthetic opioids such as fentanyl and its analogues, often collectively…
In April 2021, the Biden-Harris administration unlocked federal funding to support the purchase and distribution of rapid fentanyl test strips (FTS). Originally developed to detect fentanyl in urine,…