Shifting Priorities Lead To 6,000 Fatal Overdoses in Baltimore City

Content Warning: We discuss drug use, addiction, overdose deaths and other triggering topics in this episode. Listener discretion is advised.

 

In this episode we discuss the opioid overdose crisis in Baltimore City, which has claimed nearly 6,000 lives in the past 6 years. And we highlight Bmore POWER (Peers Offering Wellness, Education and Resources), a harm reduction organization focused on saving lives, meeting people where they are, and embracing any positive change, no matter how small. 

 

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Audio Clip

Why Baltimore is seeing more drug overdose deaths than any other American city | PBS NewsHour

 

Sources

Overdose deaths disproportionately claim Baltimore's poorest, least educated | Johns Hopkins University Hub

 

Baltimore to receive $80 million in opioid settlement with Walgreens | CBS News 

 

How Baltimore Became the U.S. Overdose Capital | The New York Times