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The Healthier Communities program advances practical, evidence-based policies that respect individual liberty, harness free markets, and strengthen families and communities. Government is most effective when it is limited, targeted, and focused on outcomes—facilitating access to care, reducing preventable harms, and creating the conditions for families to thrive. These approaches promote healthier, more stable, and more resilient communities. Sign up for updates here.

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Analysis Behavioral Health, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, Substance Regulation

Lawmakers keep trying to ban 7-OH. What do we know about this novel substance?

Stacey McKenna April 23, 2026
Analysis Behavioral Health, Harm Reduction, Opioid Harm Reduction

Five Levels of Cost-Effective Harm Reduction for Rural Communities

Stacey McKenna April 15, 2026
Newsletters Behavioral Health, Federal Government Affairs, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, Opioid Harm Reduction, Safer Solutions, Substance Regulation, Tobacco Harm Reduction

Safer Solutions: The Challenges of Regulating Chemical Analogs

Chelsea Boyd, Jessica Shortall April 15, 2026
Events hosted by RSI, Virtual Behavioral Health, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, Sexual Health, Substance Regulation, Tobacco Harm Reduction

HIV and Smoking: An Urgent Public Health Discussion

R Street Institute June 17, 2026
Explainers Behavioral Health, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, Mental Health, Substance Regulation

Mental Health Conditions and Ketamine

Chelsea Boyd April 2, 2026
Newsletters Behavioral Health, Federal Government Affairs, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, Opioid Harm Reduction, Safer Solutions

Safer Solutions: Extreme Weather Events Highlight Market Failures in Methadone Access

Jessica Shortall, Chelsea Boyd April 1, 2026
Analysis Behavioral Health, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, State Policy, Substance Regulation, Tobacco Harm Reduction, Western

Pitkin County’s Flavor Ban: A Misguided Approach That Undermines Tobacco Harm Reduction

Jeffrey S. Smith March 17, 2026
Explainers Behavioral Health, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, Substance Regulation, Tobacco Harm Reduction

Mental Health and Nicotine

Chelsea Boyd March 17, 2026
Explainers Behavioral Health, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, Mental Health, Opioid Harm Reduction

The Complex Relationship Between Substance Use Disorders and Mental Health Conditions

Chelsea Boyd March 16, 2026
Testimony Behavioral Health, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, Northeast, Opioid Harm Reduction, State Policy, Thriving Families

R Street Testimony for the VA Senate Rehabilitation and Social Services Committee in Support of VA HB 283, Removing penalties from prenatal use of MOUDs

Robert Melvin March 6, 2026

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