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Opioid Harm Reduction

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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Letters Behavioral Health, Healthier Communities, Northeast, Opioid Harm Reduction, State Policy

R Street Letter to MD Governor Wes Moore in Support of MD HB 838 and SB 562: Pharmacist Prescribing of MOUDs

Stacey McKenna April 15, 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
Letters Behavioral Health, Healthier Communities, Northeast, Opioid Harm Reduction, State Policy

R Street Letter to VA Governor Abigail Spanberger in Support of VA HB 283, Removing Penalties From Prenatal Use of MOUDs

Robert Melvin April 1, 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, Federal Government Affairs, Healthier Communities, Opioid Harm Reduction

How Naloxone Co-prescriptions Affect Access and Overdose

Stacey McKenna March 30, 2026
Testimony Behavioral Health, Healthier Communities, Northeast, Opioid Harm Reduction, State Policy

R Street Testimony in Support of MD SB 562, Pharmacist Prescribing of MOUDs

Stacey McKenna March 25, 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
Letters Behavioral Health, Healthier Communities, Northeast, Opioid Harm Reduction, State Policy

R Street Letter to VA Governor Abigail Spanberger in Support of VA SB 421, Remote Pharmacy Dispensing at OTPs

Stacey McKenna March 12, 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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