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The five-year agreement between Mayor Brandon Scott’s Office of Recovery Programs (ORP) and Behavioral Health System ...
In the wake of a massive overdose event at Penn-North last Thursday, which hospitalized at least 27 people, Baltimore city ...
Baltimore City won millions in settlements and awards after taking on pharmaceutical companies for their role in the opioid ...
City officials rolled out Mayor Brandon Scott’s plan to tackle the city’s opioid crisis, shortly before Thursday’s suspected ...
Baltimore's Board of Estimates approved a $10 million grant to Behavioral Health Systems Baltimore that is for the 988 crisis ...
The Opioid Restitution Fund comes from lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies for fueling the City's opioid epidemic. WBAL-TV was at the second oversight hearing that was led by City Councilperson ...
"Some people they be fighting the process. For one, they being traumatized while they out here on Earth," he said. “We have ...
Baltimore saw a 12.1% increase in opioid-related deaths compared to 2019, while statewide it rose 18.7%. The surge is being seen in other parts of the country as well, according to the Centers for ...
Baltimore averaged around two opioid-related overdose deaths a day last year — an inordinately high number for a city of just over 622,000. City health officials, however, say that number could ...
Baltimore City Councilmembers Danielle McCray and Mark Conway announce hearings on the opioid crisis. A $45 million settlement is also announced.
People have been increasingly affected by the opioid epidemic, particularly in Baltimore City. We want to know how its residents have responded to the crisis. By Alissa Zhu Alissa Zhu is reporting ...
A Baltimore City councilman who sought to hold public hearings on the city’s opioid crisis must wait amid an ongoing feud at City Hall that has simmered since the summer. Councilman Mark Conway ...