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Baltimore officials tout arrests and redevelopment efforts in open-air drug markets, but tensions persist on the streets.
In the month after two mass overdoses in Baltimore’s Penn North, police have made more than 100 arrests. But drug activity ...
The Baltimore City Health Department recognized Overdose Awareness Day on Thursday, which is marked on August 31. City leaders, including Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, City Council President Zeke ...
It remains unclear whether Maryland Gov. Wes Moore plans to visit the Penn North neighborhood three weeks after more than two dozen people were hospitalized following a mass overdose incident, as ...
Baltimore mass overdose survivor speaks out as council discusses prevention measures Almost 5,000 people have died from drug overdoses in Baltimore in the past five years alone.
Joe Carlini is a trusted advocate actively providing support on the streets of the areas in Baltimore that are hit the worst with overdoses. He assisted back in June during Baltimore’s mass overdose ...
“This is a level-one mass casualty incident,” Baltimore Fire Chief James Wallace Wallace said during a news conference earlier. “Our initial responders recognized right away where this was ...
BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — Almost 5,000 people have died from drug overdoses in Baltimore in the past five years alone. Despite a drop in deaths last year, recent mass overdoses in Penn North ...