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Baltimore City Health Department Hosts U.S. Surgeon General to Highlight Innovative Efforts to Combat Opioid Epidemic

BALTIMORE, MD (April 5, 2016) – Baltimore City Health Department officials today welcomed U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek H. Murthy, to Baltimore as he kicked off a public engagement tour to facilitate a nationwide discussion on the prescription drug crisis in America.

From Corner to Cul-de-sac: Mapping the new approach to the heroin crisis

 It was early December and Baltimore was bracing for the first verdict in the 

Surgeon general: Baltimore leading on issue of addiction

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy stopped Tuesday in Baltimore as part of a national campaign over opioid addiction reaching epidemic status.

Baltimore first stop on federal drug treatment tour

Addicts at Man Alive Inc. and Lane Treatment Center get more than just methadone and counseling to treat their drug habit.

If Addiction Is a Disease, Why Is It Criminalized?

President Obama has unveiled a series of steps aimed at addressing the epidemic of opioid addiction in the United States.

The color of heroin addiction

The nation's heroin epidemic found its way from the shadows of America to Capitol Hill last week as lawmakers and experts struggled with a ra

Baltimore Health Commissioner: One-third of opioid-related deaths due to fatal drug combination

While media attention and educational programs are putting the dangers of opioids center stage, Leana Wen, MD, the Commissioner of Health of Baltimore City, says there is a serious related threat t

Open Letter to Congress: Local Jurisdictions Need Full Funding To Help Prepare for Zika

Dear representative or senator: I am writing to express my deep concern about our national and local capacity to prevent and respond to one of the most alarming infectious disease threats on the horizon: the Zika Virus. Congress has so far failed to provide emergency supplemental funding for Zika response. As a result, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is now shifting $44.2 million from state and local base public health emergency preparedness (PHEP)  grants to pay for Zika response. Due to the congressionally mandated PHEP formula, cuts to the grants will range from 1 to 10%.

Obama gave a huge signal that the old War on Drugs is over

On Tuesday, US President Barack Obama attended and spoke at the National Rx Drug Abuse &

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