Safer Solutions

Chelsea Boyd (cboyd@rstreet.org) and Jessica Shortall (jshortall@rstreet.org) are the lead authors of this Safer Solutions newsletter. Please reach out if you have comments or suggestions for future topics we can cover.

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

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

Newsletters Cannabis, Federal Government Affairs, Healthier Communities, Safer Solutions, State Policy, Substance Regulation

Safer Solutions: The Perils of Regulatory Lag

Chelsea Boyd, Jessica Shortall March 18, 2026

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

Jessica Shortall, Chelsea Boyd March 4, 2026

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

Jessica Shortall, Chelsea Boyd Feb 18, 2026

Newsletters Behavioral Health, Cannabis, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, Opioid Harm Reduction, Psychedelics, Safer Solutions, Substance Regulation

Safer Solutions: How Designating Substances as Schedule I Harms Research

Chelsea Boyd, Jessica Shortall Feb 4, 2026

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Safer Solutions: Natural vs. Synthetic Substances Part II—Regulation Improves Safety

Chelsea Boyd, Jessica Shortall Jan 21, 2026

Newsletters Behavioral Health, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, Opioid Harm Reduction, Safer Solutions, Substance Regulation, Tobacco Harm Reduction

Safer Solutions: Natural vs. Synthetic Substances Part I—Are Synthetic Substances Inherently Bad?

Chelsea Boyd, Jessica Shortall Jan 7, 2026

Newsletters Behavioral Health, Federal Government Affairs, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, Opioid Harm Reduction, Safer Solutions

Safer Solutions: What does competition have to do with methadone access?

Jessica Shortall, Chelsea Boyd Dec 12, 2025

Real Solutions Behavioral Health, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, Safer Solutions, Substance Regulation, Tobacco Harm Reduction

Safer Solutions: When will the facts about tobacco harm reduction trickle down to veterans?

Jessica Shortall, Chelsea Boyd Nov 6, 2025