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Baltimore’s lawsuit against opioid companies can proceed to trial, judge rules
Baltimore Circuit Judge Lawrence P. Fletcher-Hill said he's confident that the case will eventually reach the Maryland Supreme Court.
A councilman wanted to hold a hearing about overdoses. He got shut down.
A hearing to examine Baltimore’s opioid overdose crisis was abruptly canceled Wednesday morning as a dispute between Mayor Brandon Scott and the City Council member who’d called the meeting boiled over and became public.
Banner analysis: Inequality central to Baltimore’s unprecedented overdose crisis
Baltimore’s unprecedented overdose crisis has not been suffered equally. Neighborhoods with the highest overdose rates were often the same ones with the highest rates of poverty, a Banner analysis found.
An unprecedented epidemic: This is where people die of overdoses in Baltimore
A yearlong investigation recently published by The Baltimore Banner and The New York Times revealed an unprecedented overdose crisis gripping Baltimore.
Council will hold four hearings examining city’s response to overdoses
The Baltimore City Council will hold at least four oversight hearings examining the city’s response to its unprecedented overdose epidemic.
City Council to examine city’s overdose response after Banner/Times report
Councilman Mark Conway plans to introduce legislation on Monday to convene a hearing in late June.
Seniors in Baltimore are being devastated by drugs: 5 takeaways
The city has become the U.S. overdose capital, and older Black men are dying at higher rates than anyone else.
A horrific number of older Black men are dying from overdoses in Baltimore
Many are dying from fentanyl and other drugs. The hardest-hit are Black men in their 50s to 70s, a group that Baltimore’s changing economy left behind.
Jaylon Ferguson made it from Louisiana to the Ravens. An overdose cut his legacy short.
The same drug that Jackie Ferguson had used to ease her mother’s pain had also taken her son Jaylon’s life.
Baltimore’s unprecedented overdose crisis: 5 takeaways
Nearly 6,000 people have died over the past six years — an unparalleled number among U.S. cities.
‘I love you in the sky, daddy’: Stories from Baltimore’s overdose crisis
Unprecedented overdose rates from fentanyl and other drugs have left signs of loss across the city.
Almost 6,000 dead in 6 years: How Baltimore became the U.S. overdose capital
The city was once hailed for its response to addiction. But as fentanyl flooded the streets and officials shifted priorities, deaths hit unprecedented heights.
I-695 crash that killed six workers among deadliest since 1980
Life as a highway construction worker: We ‘don’t know who’s gonna go home that day’
A Black business renaissance is blooming on Mount Vernon’s Read Street
Read Street has become a vibrant community of Black-owned residences, buildings, and businesses with five Black-owned stores opening in just the two years since pandemic lockdowns abated.
Tell us about your drug overdose story
Reporters with The Baltimore Banner and The New York Times are investigating the problem of drug overdoses and we want to hear from those with personal experiences.
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