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Taking addicts out of ER and into treatment (Baltimore Sun)

Mar 28th, 2018

Our view: With its first-ever “stabilization center,” Baltimore tries a new approach to steering drug and alcohol users toward the help they need.

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Officials announce plans to open ‘stabilization’ center (The Seattle Times)

Mar 28th, 2018

State and local officials have announced plans to open a “stabilization” center in Baltimore to help people who are under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen says the center will open in spring 2019.

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This Teen Pregnancy Prevention Update Is Good News For Family Planning Clinics (Bustle)

Mar 28th, 2018

After quietly cutting funding for family planning services last year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has agreed to reinstate some funding for teen pregnancy prevention, NBC News reports. 

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Lt. Governor Speaks at Opening of Maryland’s First Crisis Stabilization Center (WCBC)

Mar 28th, 2018

Lt. Governor Boyd Rutherford today joined Baltimore City Mayor Catherine Pugh, Maryland Department of Health Deputy Secretary for Behavioral Health Dr. Barbara J. Bazron, and Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen to announce the opening of Maryland's first crisis stabilization center. The stabilization center will provide basic first aid, withdrawal management, and screening and referral to treatment on-site for individuals with a substance use disorder.

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City, state plan first ‘stabilization center’ to treat addiction (Baltimore Fishbowl)

Mar 28th, 2018

City and state agencies are partnering to open a stabilization center in Baltimore to connect people struggling with addiction to necessary services.

Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford, Mayor Catherine Pugh and Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen were some of the public officials on hand this morning to announce the plan.

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Officials announce plans to open ‘stabilization’ center (Washington Post)

Mar 28th, 2018

State and local officials have announced plans to open a “stabilization” center in Baltimore to help people who are under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

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Baltimore stabilization center to help counteract opioid epidemic (WBAL)

Mar 28th, 2018

Baltimore's mayor is making one of her biggest pushes yet to fight the opioid epidemic in the city. 

City officials said the stabilization center is three years in the making, and it will be the first of its kind in Maryland, and one of the first in the country, to help people battling addiction and get them on the right path.

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Maryland's first 'stabilization center' opens in Baltimore (WBFF)

Mar 28th, 2018

Baltimore City has a new way to fight the opioid crisis. Mayor Catherine Pugh announced plans for the State’s first Stabilization Center, which will open next year. 

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Baltimore to open ‘ER for addiction’ with state funding (The Daily Record)

Mar 27th, 2018

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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Funding secured to open stabilization center for drug and alcohol users in Baltimore (Baltimore Sun)

Mar 27th, 2018

City and state officials plan to announce Wednesday that they’ve secured funding for a stabilization center in Baltimore that would serve as a safe place where drug users can go when they are intoxicated to get medical treatment and links to other social services. 

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