City officials acknowledge ongoing challenges in Baltimore's opioid crisis, but Mayor Brandon Scott remains optimistic.

Maryland has made remarkable progress in bringing down overdose deaths, but there’s much work to be done, writes Aruna Miller ...

To address the recent surge in fentanyl-related overdose deaths, Baltimore health officials launched a “Bad Batch Alert” text-messaging system to notify drug users when an uptick of overdoses possibly ...

As first responders treated victims in the immediate area of the Penn North mass overdose event on July 10, Sara Whaley knew there could be others in trouble nearby. But how to find them? “There was ...

HOW IT WILL WORK. THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT’S IN THESE DRUGS OUT HERE. THESE DRUGS IS REALLY HURTING OUR PEOPLE OUT HERE. VERNARD NELSON WAS THERE AS NEARLY A DOZEN PEOPLE OVERDOSED IN PENN NORTH WEDNESDAY ...

It was a Thursday and Carol Coolbaugh of West Pittston was recovering from surgery. At about 2 p.m., she mentioned to a friend that she hadn’t heard from her son, Erik, that day. The mother and son ...

HOSTAGES HOME. TONIGHT, BALTIMORE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A MASS OVERDOSE IN PENN NORTH. AS MANY AS 11 PEOPLE WERE REPORTED TO HAVE OVERDOSED. POLICE REPORTED TO THE AREA OF WEST, NORTH AND ...

A powerful veterinary sedative called medetomidine was found in two drug samples collected following a mass overdose earlier this month in Baltimore's Penn North community, Baltimore City Health ...

Christian Olaniran is a digital producer for CBS Baltimore, where he writes stories on diverse topics including politics, arts and culture. With a passion for storytelling and content creation, he ...

As first responders treated victims in the immediate area of the Penn North mass overdose event on July 10, Sara Whaley knew there could be others in trouble nearby. But how to find them? “There was ...