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CMS rewrote who counts as 'medically frail' so that people with substance use disorders in stable recovery lose their exemption. Coverage changes start in January.
A 14-year Ontario study links private online betting expansion to a 154% rise in gambling-disorder ER visits among young men, 70% with another diagnosis.
Philadelphia's first mobile methadone van has connected 567 people to medication since a soft launch — and nine in ten were unhoused when they walked up.
New CDC report finds cannabis present in 42.7% of overdose deaths among 12- to 17-year-olds, raising questions about polysubstance risk and impaired judgment.
New federal fact sheet covers naloxone placement, symptom recognition, and employee training for workplace overdose response.
Virginia Poison Center logged 60+ kratom encounters in 2025, and addiction physicians now see 7-OH patients weekly, months after the state's ban took effect.
University of Missouri students Neer Patel and Grady Wright are distributing 5,000 free naloxone kits during National Hazing Prevention Week, Sept. 21-25, 2026.
A NIDA-funded pilot trial in New York City enlisted gancheros — people paid to inject others — as harm-reduction conduits, raising sterile syringe use 25%.
Austin-Travis County EMS went door to door on Sixth Street handing out Narcan kits after five suspected opioid overdoses, two weeks before ACL Festival.