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Baltimore leaders discuss plan to combat opioid crisis near city's mass overdose site

Baltimore leaders discussed strategies for tackling the city's opioid crisis with residents in the same community where 27 people were hospitalized on July 10 in a mass overdose.

The Baltimore Sun on MSN · 9d

How Baltimore plans to spend at least $400 million on opioid crisis

City officials rolled out Mayor Brandon Scott’s plan to tackle the city’s opioid crisis, shortly before Thursday’s suspected overdoses in the Penn North neighborhood

foxbaltimore · 1d

Baltimore's drug crisis: voices from the epicenter

At the intersection of Penn and North, a notorious hub for the city's drug trade, the voices of those affected by addiction echo through the streets

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The New York Times · 8d

Two Dozen Hospitalized in Mass Drug Overdose in Baltimore

An unusually large number of overdoses sent crews searching alleys and homes for victims. Officials have not said what type of drug was involved.

The Washington Post on MSN · 19h

Baltimore overdoses may be linked to new drug

Testing of drug samples collected in Baltimore’s Penn North neighborhood after a mass overdose last week revealed an unfamiliar ingredient.

CBS News · 1d

5 more people hospitalized after another overdose call in Baltimore's Penn North

Five people were hospitalized after another reported overdose incident in Baltimore's Penn North neighborhood, according to Baltimore police.

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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 ...

Woman's survival in Baltimore mass overdose spurs push for recovery: "Barely clinging to life"

Over the weekend, Sapna Bansil, a journalist with our media partner, The Baltimore Banner, spoke with a woman in her 60s who ...

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Community acts fast as drug crisis grips Baltimore

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 ...

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Fentanyl, sedative caused mass overdose in Baltimore, scientists believe

Federal scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology have identified a combination of substances ...

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Baltimore’s silent crisis: Fatal opioid overdoses - Maryland Daily Record

Baltimore’s 2020 opioid-overdose fatality figure is more than two-and-a-half times the number of homicides in the city – 335 – in the same year. Yet, individual or collective opioid-related ...

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A wake-up call written in tragedy: Baltimore’s drug crisis laid bare on Penn and North

A mass overdose at Baltimore’s Pennsylvania and North Avenues has laid bare the city’s chronic neglect of its most vulnerable ...

Penn North overdoses put focus on court-assisted treatment options

Baltimore officials and advocates say court-ordered intervention, like citation dockets, could help connect people battling ...

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