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Source: http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2016/06/10/opioid-deaths-continue-to-rise-in-maryland/
Maryland Health Officials Try To Battle Heroin Epidemic
June 10, 2016 3:43 PM By Meghan McCorkell
BALTIMORE (WJZ) ? It?s one of the number one killers in the state of Maryland. Drug overdoses have taken more lives than ever ? grim statistics, as health officials try and battle back against the epidemic.
Meghan McCorkell has more on what they?re doing.
The number of overdose deaths in Maryland has doubled since 2010 ? the bulk of them in the Baltimore area...
...The state saw a 21 percent increase in overdose deaths last year alone.
?Here in Baltimore, there are more people dying from overdose than are dying from homicide,? said City Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen.
A public health emergency has been declared in Baltimore to address the epidemic. In 2015, 1,259 people died from overdose deaths in Maryland; 86 percent of them involved opioids...
Maryland Health Officials Try To Battle Heroin Epidemic
June 10, 2016 3:43 PM By Meghan McCorkell
BALTIMORE (WJZ) ? It?s one of the number one killers in the state of Maryland. Drug overdoses have taken more lives than ever ? grim statistics, as health officials try and battle back against the epidemic.
Meghan McCorkell has more on what they?re doing.
The number of overdose deaths in Maryland has doubled since 2010 ? the bulk of them in the Baltimore area...
...The state saw a 21 percent increase in overdose deaths last year alone.
?Here in Baltimore, there are more people dying from overdose than are dying from homicide,? said City Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen.
A public health emergency has been declared in Baltimore to address the epidemic. In 2015, 1,259 people died from overdose deaths in Maryland; 86 percent of them involved opioids...