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Shifting Priorities Lead To 6,000 Fatal Overdoses in Baltimore City
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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.
Visit the Bmore POWER website to learn more their community engagement efforts
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Audio Clip
Why Baltimore is seeing more drug overdose deaths than any other American city | PBS NewsHour
Sources
Baltimore to receive $80 million in opioid settlement with Walgreens | CBS News
How Baltimore Became the U.S. Overdose Capital | The New York Times
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