County health officials lead an hour long discussion on the current state of local health departments in the wake of the pandemic and amidst the opioid crisis. The MACo Winter…
The Opioid Restitution Fund (ORF) Advisory Council will provide recommendations for the usage of opioid legal settlement funds that, to date, total almost $400M and counting. In a press release,…
Maryland's Opioid Operational Command Center (OOCC) has released and is requesting public feedback on its draft Inter-Agency Opioid Coordination Plan for 2022–2024. Upon its finalization, the Plan will guide the…
Town Hall forums have been scheduled in four jurisdictions, and counting, where State leadership and local government officials will come together with the public to discuss overdose prevention strategies. The…
While many residents of other states have been left in the dark, opioid settlement collaboration and transparency across state and local governments has been a model strategy in Maryland. According…
On Wednesday, August 31, two consent judgments were filed in Maryland's Circuit Court for Frederick County, allowing settlement funds from Johnson and Johnson and several major opioid medication distributors to flow to…
On March 1, 2022, Associate Policy Director Brianna January testified before the House Appropriations and Health and Government Operations Committees in support of HB 794 - Public Health – Opioid Restitution…
Today, the Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking issued its final report urging immediate action to combat rising overdose deaths related to synthetic opioids. According to the Maryland Department of…
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