In Baltimore, the site of the second of six task force meetings being held across the state, heroin is not a new subject. "Heroin and opioid addiction ties into the very fabric of our city," Dr. Leana Wen, the city's health commissioner, told the panel. It underlies nearly every major problem, from poverty to crime to mental illness, said Wen, who herself has been hosting meetings as the city's heroin task force studies the issue as well.

Baseball season in Baltimore is not the only reason to “Go Orange” in April.  April is also the ASPCA’s Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month when supporters are urged to raise awareness about the problem by “Going Orange for Animals.”  Baltimore City Health Department Animal Control Officers will join the effort in by wearing orange ribbons this month to bring attention to the issue while performing their normal duties.

She was a first-time teen mom who didn’t know how to care for her newborn daughter. A nurse came to visit her to teach her the ABCs of Safe Sleep. She was so grateful that she committed to finishing her education and became a home-visiting professional herself. He works in some of the roughest areas of Baltimore out of a plain white van.