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A 16-person pilot recorded EEG during music therapy at a London addiction service and found immediate craving drops plus a shift in frontal alpha asymmetry.
Virginia Tech researchers built a battery-free microneedle patch that senses fentanyl under the skin and releases naloxone on its own — human use is four years out.
Colorado votes in November on Prop 132, which sets eight-to-32-year mandatory sentences for fentanyl distribution and would cost the state an estimated $68 million.
CMS approved Maine's re-entry waiver on Sept. 25, letting jails bill MaineCare for addiction care 60 days before release. Billing starts July 2028.
A legislatively mandated audit found Oregon routed $39 million of $1.5 billion to prevention, gave school districts a mandate without funding, and cannot trace where the money went.
A Penn study of 1,667 Philadelphia blocks found sealing abandoned rowhouses was tied to a 17.6% drop in fatal overdoses — while one-time vacant lot cleanups went the other way.
Orexo resubmitted its application for IZIPRY, a high-dose naloxone nasal powder aimed at fentanyl-era overdoses that need more than one rescue dose.
UC San Diego's new Polysubstance Addiction Research Center will study cocaine, oxycodone, alcohol and their combinations in one coordinated five-year program.
A UC San Diego study of 21,189 adults over 65 finds 11.4% of past-year cannabis users meet criteria for cannabis use disorder. Clinicians rarely ask.