Baltimore will announce plans Wednesday to open a stabilization center, providing help for people struggling with addiction and other mental health disorders.

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In this issue:

• Note from the Commissioner
• Dr. Wen Responds to President Trump’s Initiative to Stop Opioid Abuse
• Dr. Wen Speaks at Brown Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian Church
• BCHD Launches New Virtual Supermarket Site
• and more

Two years ago, U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., helped organize a roundtable discussion regarding the growing opioid epidemic in Maryland and throughout the United States, bringing health care professionals, law enforcement and nonprofit organizations together to share ideas on what has and has not worked in putting a dent in the crisis. In Baltimore City, Health Department Senior Advisor Dr. Shelly Choo said more than 35,000 residents had been naloxone trained, saving 1,500 lives. Choo said the city is using a three-pillar approach to combating the epidemic. 

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The Health Department’s Chronic Disease Prevention team operates the Community Asthma Program (CAP), an intervention strategy aimed at reducing the number of children and youth in Baltimore between the ages of 2 and 18 who have trouble controlling their asthma. Through CAP, community health workers offer asthma education and visit the homes of young asthma patients.