The mounting number of fentanyl-related overdose deaths has prompted Democratic lawmakers to propose legislation that would pilot creation of safe spaces for drug users.

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A bill in the Maryland General Assembly could change how hospitals test for different classes of drugs, including fentanyl.

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A Maryland man and woman have been charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with their 2-month-old son's July 2020 death.

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A federal judge handed down a 35-year-sentence on Thursday to a man convicted of dealing fentanyl, scolding him for being motivated by “pure greed.”

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Maryland lawmakers will consider once again a proposal to create safe drug consumption sites for opioid users, but the legislation could be too politically difficult to pass. The legislation would authorize, on a pilot basis, safe injection sites, also known ...

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To make progress in addressing Maryland’s opioid epidemic, public health leaders will have to confront use of the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl. Despite statewide declines in deaths due to heroin and prescription opioid use, overall intoxication deaths continued to climb ...

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A new effort in Maryland to prosecute more fentanyl cases in federal court is designed to help combat an alarming increase of fatalities.

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Opioid-related deaths in Maryland continued to rise during the first half of the year, fueled by an increase in deaths related to fentanyl.

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Funeral directors in Maryland are increasingly concerned their employees could be exposed to opioids. That’s why some are stocking naloxone, the medication the reverses the effects of an overdose. The Baltimore Sun reported Friday that funeral directors are calling themselves the “last ...

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Maryland deaths related to alcohol and drug use rose again last year, driven by another spike of deaths related to the dangerous substance fentanyl.

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