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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 ...
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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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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Baltimore’s Penn North neighborhood experiences second mass casualty in two weeks with several confirmed overdoses
Baltimore City Police reported another series of overdoses in the Penn North area early Friday morning, less than a week ...
Despite serious cases, Baltimore overdoses continue to decline
The mass casualty event in Penn North that saw at least 25 people hospitalized on Thursday underscored the persistence of ...
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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 ...
Mayor's office holds an overdose response listening session in West Baltimore
West Baltimore neighbors gathered for an open discussion on overdoses, a week after 27 people were hospitalized in a mass ...