The Overdose Crisis in Baltimore: A Tragedy Spinning out of Control
Baltimore, Maryland, is facing an unprecedented crisis as the city grapples with a staggering increase in overdoses. Over the past six years, nearly 6,000 lives have been lost due to drug overdoses, a rate never before seen in a major American city. The death rate in Baltimore from 2018 to 2022 has surpassed that of any other large city in the country, exceeding even the impact of previous drug crises in other regions, such as …