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.
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.
The city was once hailed for its response to addiction. But as fentanyl flooded the streets and officials shifted priorities, deaths hit unprecedented heights.
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.
The ramp agent was fired after he used personal days to attend Friday prayer services, including during a ”state of emergency” in December, according to a complaint filed Tuesday.