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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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Newsletters Behavioral Health, Federal Government Affairs, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, Safer Solutions, Substance Regulation, Tobacco Harm Reduction

Safer Solutions: What does the FDA approve?

Chelsea Boyd, Jessica Shortall June 10, 2026
Analysis Behavioral Health, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, Opioid Harm Reduction

The Drug Supply Is Changing. Naloxone Still Saves Lives.

Stacey McKenna June 2, 2026
Analysis Behavioral Health, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, Substance Regulation, Tobacco Harm Reduction

The Science of Flavored ENDS: A Response to Bloomberg, Durbin, and the Senate Letter on FDA’s Recent Actions

Jeffrey S. Smith May 28, 2026
Explainers Behavioral Health, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, Substance Regulation

7-Hydroxymitragynine (7-OH): Mechanism, Risks, and the Case for Proportionate Regulation

Jeffrey S. Smith May 26, 2026
Newsletters Behavioral Health, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, Mid-Atlantic, Opioid Harm Reduction, Safer Solutions, South, State Policy, Thriving Families

Safer Solutions: Increase Adherence to Prenatal Care with This One Weird Trick

Jessica Shortall, Chelsea Boyd May 27, 2026
Regulatory Comments Behavioral Health, Federal Government Affairs, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, Substance Regulation, Tobacco Harm Reduction

R Street Comments on the Proposed FDA/CTP Flavor Guidance

Jeffrey S. Smith May 7, 2026
Policy Studies Behavioral Health, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, Substance Regulation, Tobacco Harm Reduction

Addressing the Stagnation of Smoking Cessation in Older Adults: Behavioral Barriers, Harm Reduction, and Policy Reform

Jeffrey S. Smith May 7, 2026
Analysis Behavioral Health, Federal Government Affairs, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, Substance Regulation, Tobacco Harm Reduction

Why the FDA’s Politically Driven First-Ever Flavored-Vape Approval Almost Gets the Science Right

Jeffrey S. Smith May 6, 2026
Analysis Behavioral Health, Federal Government Affairs, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, Substance Regulation, Thriving Families

When Harm Reduction Isn’t Enough

Mazen Saleh May 5, 2026
Analysis, Newsletters Behavioral Health, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, Safer Solutions, Substance Regulation, Tobacco Harm Reduction

Safer Solutions: Smoking Hits an All-Time Low—But Not for Everyone

Chelsea Boyd, Jessica Shortall April 29, 2026

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