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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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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
Explainers Behavioral Health, Federal Government Affairs, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, Opioid Harm Reduction

Improving Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Access Requires Smarter Policies

Stacey McKenna March 5, 2026
Analysis Behavioral Health, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, Opioid Harm Reduction

Naloxone on College Campuses

Stacey McKenna March 4, 2026
Newsletters, Real Solutions Behavioral Health, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, Safer Solutions, Substance Regulation, Tobacco Harm Reduction

Safer Solutions: Goldilocks Regulation – Getting Substance Regulation ‘Just Right’

Jessica Shortall, Chelsea Boyd March 4, 2026
Testimony Behavioral Health, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, Northeast, Opioid Harm Reduction, State Policy

R Street Testimony in Support of MD SB 562, pharmacist prescribing of OUDs

Stacey McKenna March 3, 2026
Coalition Letters, Congressional Letters, Letters Behavioral Health, Federal Government Affairs, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, Opioid Harm Reduction

R Street and Drug Policy Alliance Coalition Letter Regarding Xylazine and Nitazene Scheduling

Stacey McKenna March 2, 2026
Analysis Behavioral Health, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, Opioid Harm Reduction

Why States Should Think Twice Before Banning SSPs

Stacey McKenna Feb 23, 2026
Testimony Behavioral Health, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, Northeast, Opioid Harm Reduction, State Policy

R Street Testimony in Support of VA SB 421, Remote Pharmacy Dispensing at OTPs

Stacey McKenna Feb 19, 2026
Newsletters Behavioral Health, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, Opioid Harm Reduction, Safer Solutions

Safer Solutions: What happens when a person misses a methadone dose?

Jessica Shortall, Chelsea Boyd Feb 18, 2026
Testimony Behavioral Health, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, Opioid Harm Reduction, South, State Policy

Testimony in Support of Tennessee SB 1848, to Reduce Barriers to Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder

Stacey McKenna Feb 18, 2026

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