Naloxone, the opioid overdose-reversing medication commonly known by its brand name Narcan, was central to the response of a mass overdose event in Baltimore Thursday. The city, as part of its sweeping harm reduction efforts already in place,

Baltimore City community partners handed out Narcan after more than two dozen people were hospitalized from a suspected drug overdose.

Police and fire responded to a neighborhood "in reference to multiple individuals experiencing overdose symptoms".