Overdose Crisis in Baltimore Escalates with Record Number of Fatalities: City’s Response Under Scrutiny
Baltimore, Maryland, has been grappling with a crisis unlike any other major American city – a soaring rate of overdose deaths that has claimed nearly 6,000 lives in the past six years. The death toll in Baltimore surpasses that of other major cities and even regions like Appalachia during the prescription pill crisis, the Midwest during the rural meth labs peak, and New York during the crack epidemic. A decade ago, Baltimore faced 700 fewer …