Americans are dying right and left from opioids. The Oxycontin family. The heroin. Now the fentanyl, many times stronger than heroin. A new report says the fentanyl is pouring in from China. By mail and delivery service. Top destination: Ohio.  President Trump says “build a wall.” This hour On Point, we ask what it’s really going to take to stop the epidemic. Plus, Senator Elizabeth Warren, shut down on the US Senate floor last night for critiquing Senator Jeff Sessions with the words of Coretta Scott King. — Tom Ashbrook

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Jonathan Gross and Darcy Phelan-Emrick, Baltimore City Health Department employees, wrote the article published by Esri. 

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Mirroring the nationwide epidemic, the number of opioid addiction and abuse victims in Baltimore continues to rise, and overdose cases crowd the city’s emergency rooms.  Last week, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan appointed a Heroin and Opioid Emergency Task Force, and proposed new legislation for the General Assembly that would put strict limits on opioid prescriptions and impose tough new penalties for traffickers.  On this month's edition of  Healthwatch, Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen joins Tom Hall  to discuss the city’s continuing response to the opioid epidemic.

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Earlier this week, Mayor Pugh reassured our residents that Baltimore is and will remain a welcoming city for immigrants. I want to both thank and stand with her in supporting our residents.