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Baltimore Confronts Another Overdose Crisis, Mayor Urges Community Action as Investigation Continues
Five people were hospitalized following an overdose in Baltimore's Penn-North neighborhood, with the mayor urging public action and an investigation into a drug cocktail is ongoing.
Testing of drug samples collected in Baltimore’s Penn North neighborhood after a mass overdose last week revealed an unfamiliar ingredient.
Over the weekend, Sapna Bansil, a journalist with our media partner, The Baltimore Banner, spoke with a woman in her 60s who survived an overdose after unknowingly ingesting a dangerous batch of drugs.
A mass overdose involving 27 people in Baltimore’s Penn-North area has sparked urgent community and city-wide response, highlighting both the depth of the drug crisis and the effectiveness of rapid interventions like Naloxone distribution.
An unusually large number of overdoses sent crews searching alleys and homes for victims. Officials have not said what type of drug was involved.
Baltimore City Police reported another series of overdoses in the Penn North area early Friday morning, less than a week after a mass overdose incident in the same neighborhood. According to officials
None of the 27 people who overdosed on a suspected bad batch of drugs Thursday in Baltimore’s Penn North neighborhood have died, according to Mayor Brandon Scott.
A mass overdose at Baltimore’s Pennsylvania and North Avenues has laid bare the city’s chronic neglect of its most vulnerable communities. In this searing opinion piece, Michael Eugene Johnson calls for urgent,
First responders rushed to Baltimore’s Penn–North neighborhood after at least 25 people began to experience overdose symptoms on Thursday, July 10, local outlets WBAL TV 11 and CBS News affiliate WJZ reported.
Federal scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology have identified a combination of substances believed to be responsible for last week’s mass overdose in Baltimore’s Penn North neighborhood.