The survey also found that residents have no appetite for sports betting; many have been touched by the heroin epidemic.
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Read More »January 5, 2017 Comments Off on Poll: Hogan’s approval numbers top 74 percent
The survey also found that residents have no appetite for sports betting; many have been touched by the heroin epidemic.
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Read More »November 18, 2016 Comments Off on Md. crime technician charged after suspected heroin is seized
Baltimore police say a department crime technician and her boyfriend have been arrested after handguns and suspected heroin were found in their home and rented car. The department said in a news release that police raided the home of 37-year-old ...
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Read More »August 4, 2016 Comments Off on Woman sentenced after police sergeant’s daughter overdoses in Md.
A woman has been sentenced to prison in the 2015 fatal heroin overdose of the teenage daughter of a retired Hagerstown police sergeant. The Herald-Mail reports that 25-year-old Erica L. Buffolino was given a nearly six-year sentence in a Baltimore ...
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Read More »May 9, 2016 Comments Off on Lawyer who represents drunken-driving victims faces DUI charge
Lawyer ironically faces DUI charge heads news summary including a fiance's murder trial, criminal questions for college applicants and a garden variety gun-rights case.
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Read More »December 17, 2015 Comments Off on Commentary: How lawyers can help fight the heroin epidemic
Working to eliminate naïveté, ignorance and even arrogance with regard to the very real threat of the opioid epidemic is a worthwhile means of serving the public.
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Read More »December 1, 2015 Comments Off on Md. heroin task force urges more treatment for addicts, crackdown on dealers
A state task force created to combat a growing heroin and opiate problem in Maryland issued its final set of nearly three dozen recommendations to Gov. Larry Hogan. The final report of the Maryland Heroin and Opioid Emergency Task Force contains 33 recommendations ...
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Read More »December 1, 2015 Comments Off on Maryland heroin task force to release final recommendations
ANNAPOLIS — A Maryland task force on fighting heroin addiction is scheduled to release its final recommendations. The report is set to be released Tuesday. The task force was created by Gov. Larry Hogan in February. It is comprised of ...
Read More »November 6, 2015 Comments Off on US: Md. man admits to role in heroin distribution ring
MARTINSBURG — A 27-year-old Windsor, Maryland, man faces up to 20 years in prison for his leading role in a heroin trafficking ring that distributed the drug in West Virginia, Virginia and elsewhere. The government says Brian Alexander Hall entered ...
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Read More »November 4, 2015 Comments Off on Recovery after overdoses: Stopping heroin’s ‘revolving door’
CAMDEN, N.J. — It’s a truth addicts and health providers know well: Naloxone can reverse heroin overdoses, but it can’t cure the addictions that cause them. In a small but growing number of places, people who land in hospitals after ...
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Read More »October 16, 2015 Comments Off on Md. methadone clinic told to stop accepting new clients
HAGERSTOWN — A methadone clinic in Maryland has been instructed to stop accepting new clients until it complies with a mandated staff-to-client ratio. The Herald-Mail reports Hagerstown Treatment Center was notified by the Behavioral Health Administration to cease and desists ...
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