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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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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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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ANNAPOLIS — State officials say they plan to pump more money into drug prevention, treatment and interdiction as part of an effort to deal with the state’s heroin problem. The recommendations are part of an interim report released Tuesday from ...

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Drug Treatment Court participants in Baltimore city received a potentially life-saving training in a matter of minutes Thursday morning as a part of a new program from the health department targeting people most at risk for an opioid overdose. “We’re ...

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Fighting Baltimore’s heroin epidemic will require expanding access to treatment, including making sure addiction resources are available 24 hours per day, city officials say. That means creating specialized emergency room that caters specifically to patients with substance abuse and mental-health ...

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DENTON — Twenty-five people have been sentenced for their involvement in a heroin distribution ring in Caroline County, including the kingpin. Caroline County State’s Attorney Jonathan Newell on Monday announced the sentences of the co-defendants, who were indicted last summer. ...

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After almost 20 years dealing with convicts, Major Craig Rowe could see the trend. “The majority of our crimes in Washington County are either directly related to or a byproduct of addiction, [whether] crime directly related to the heroin or ...

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Gov. Larry Hogan on Tuesday laid out plans to fight rising heroin overdoses, citing widespread citizen concern and personalizing the problem by noting the loss of his own cousin to an overdose a few years ago.

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County Executive Steve Shuh says heroin is affecting residents of all races, ages and income levels. He says "it's absolutely" everywhere and the problem will get even worse if it's not taken seriously.

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