City Officials Provide Update on Investigation Into Mass Overdose After 5 More Hospitalizations in Penn North

Community acts fast as drug crisis grips Baltimore

By Catherine PughSpecial to the AFRO After 27 people in Baltimore City were rushed to the hospital for apparent drug overdoses on July 10, the attention immediately went to the site of the incidents, Pennsylvania and North avenues, and more broadly to the city, where the problem of drug addiction is evident by the numbers. Sen. Antonio Hayes responds to the recent overdose crisis on Pennsylvania and North Avenues along with Fire Chief James W. W…

City officials provide update on investigation into mass overdose after 5 more hospitalizations in Penn North

Just over a week after a mass overdose in Baltimore, emergency responders returned to the Penn North neighborhood after receiving several 911 calls about another "spate of overdoses.""Several of our officers issued Narcan to individuals who were experiencing the overdose," Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley said during a Friday press conference. "We also have numerous officers working in the area and have been working in the area, atte…

Baltimore Overdose Crisis Deepens: Hospitalizations Surge Following Latest Incident – Archyde

Archyde Baltimore Grapples with Mysterious Mass Overdose: Fentanyl, Sedative Mix Suspected BALTIMORE, MD – A disturbing mass overdose incident in Baltimore has left authorities and public health officials scrambling too understand… You can read the full story here: Baltimore Overdose Crisis Deepens: Hospitalizations Surge Following Latest Incident.