opioid crisis

In this week's news wrap, we look at Maryland officials on the big stage at the DNC and the multimillion-dollar opioid settlements coming to the state.

The $29 million grant will focus on infectious diseases caused by injectable drugs.

The horse tranquilizer is making its way into the illegal opioid supply.

The city is providing more wound care kits to combat the sores caused by xylazine.

The drug is known for causing flesh wounds at the injection site.

A tranquilizer meant for large animals has been found in street drugs and is causing overdose deaths and wounds that won’t heal. The Maryland Opioid Operational Command Center is trying to combat it. Plus, how does it feel to visit an overdose prevention site - a safe space for drug use?

Baltimore healthcare providers urged city council members to support overdose prevention sites, places where people can use previously purchased drugs…

Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh has charged seven members of the Sackler family, who control the drug maker Purdue Pharma, with violating the state…

The release door of the Baltimore City Jail opens out onto this otherwise abandoned block, empty except for the presence of a mobile medical office that…