Baltimore leaders discussed strategies for tackling the city's opioid crisis with residents in the same community where 27 ...

On the eve of what would turn out to be a mass overdose incident in the Penn North neighborhood last week, members of the Baltimore City government, local overdose prevention groups and concerned ...

Baltimore increases services in Penn North following overdose events, bringing resources directly to residents as part of a long-term community partnership.

Thursday’s suspected overdoses in Baltimore’s Penn North neighborhood came days after city officials rolled out Mayor Brandon Scott’s plan to use hundreds of millions of dollars from settlements to ...

Narcan, fentanyl test strips and clean needles can save lives in the moment, but they’re not enough, according to one ...

Baltimore City leaders plan to hold a community listening session Thursday to get feedback from residents on their plan to ...

Two weeks ago, Baltimore's Penn North neighborhood was the epicenter of a mass overdose that left 27 people requiring ...

Thursday, July 17, 5:30 PM-8:00 PM at Gethsemane Baptist Church, 2520 Francis St., Baltimore, MD 21217 Wednesday, July 23, 5:30 PM-8:00 PM at Pimlico Elementary School, 4849 Pimlico Rd, Baltimore ...

A suspected mass overdose in Baltimore’s Penn North neighborhood sent at least 25 people to the hospital Thursday, triggering a level-one mass casualty response ...

Councilman Mark Conway told C4 and Bryan Nehman on Tuesday that the Baltimore City Council does have a lot of say when it ...

From 2011 to 2021, the death rate due to opioid overdose in DC increased from 8.0 to 48.9 per 100,000 residents, according to data from the District's LIVE. LONG. DC. program.

The strategic plan aims to reduce opioid overdoses by 40% by 2040 by outlining five specific priorities: Social determinants of health, prevention, harm reduction, treatment and recovery. Mental ...