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14: The percentage drop in drug overdose deaths compared to 2025 levels, representing the third straight year of a drop, the longest decline in decades, returning the tally to pre-pandemic levels. Part of the reason is people have stayed with it - not that long ago it was against the law to give out Narcan, but policy and perspective have incrementally changed the the national discussion around addiction. Meaghan Langlois was one of the lucky ones and now one of the unsung heroes of the cause. Her amazing sister found her amidst an overdose but years later, Meaghan carries on - her story of recovery is a signal to healthcare policymakers and investors that the path to a sustainable behavioral healthcare system is not a building, but building community like this: check out what Cannes Film Festival named Best Health Film for 2024.  

Science: The act of writing with our hands using a pen or pencil changes our brains in ways typing cannot in fascinating albeit not that surprising research profiled here in this story.

Sport: The reason so many people are interested in alternative sports may surprise you, and so might the unofficial home state of the nation’s alternative sports boom. For the answer, click here.

Policy: At Utah’s drug utilization review board last month the committee had a fascinating discussion about how to improve access to an oral drug used to treat postpartum depression.

Perspective: Thank goodness for the seventh sense.

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