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• Jul 12, 2017 Treatment Here, Not Timbuktu The Baltimore Sun        more   
• Jun 11, 2016 Health officials try accommodating rather than punishing heroin addicts The Baltimroe Sun        more   
• Jan 4, 2011 Dime-a-drink tax can save lives and help Maryland's economy Fox 45 TV        more   
• Aug 28, 2010 Drug Czar praises treatment and prevention in Baltimore When the nation's drug czar visited Friday, the recovering addicts at Tuerk House in West Baltimore did a little showing off. Those taking the culinary jobs training course whipped up a lavish breakfast. Those in the landscaping and maintenance program spruced up the grounds. The complete...     The Baltimore Sun        more   
• Apr 21, 2010 Prescription abuse: The Quiet Epidemic Editorial   The Baltimore Sun        more...  
• Jan 29, 2010 Time to Stand up to Maryland's Powerful Alcohol Lobby Editorial The Washington Post        more...  



Crime and Justice

• Apr 14, 2020 Damage From OxyContin Continues to Be Revealed New York Times        more   
• Aug 29, 2019 Drugmakers' liability for opioid crisis could reach $150 billion Drugmakers' liability for opioid crisis could reach $150 billion     CBS News        more   
• Jul 30, 2016 Gamblers banned from Maryland Casinos Risk Arrest The Baltimore Sun        more   



Drug Policy

• Mar 30, 2022 Lawmakers: Strengthen Good Samaritan Laws to Address Overdose Deaths Lawmakers: Strengthen Good Samaritan Laws to Address Overdose Deaths     Maryland Matters        more   
• Jan 20, 2022 Expansion of Good Samaritan Law Expansion of Good Samaritan Law Aims to Remove Fear of Seeking Help after an Overdose     Maryland Matters        more   
• Nov 29, 2021 State lawmakers to weigh decriminalizing drug paraphernalia State lawmakers to weigh decriminalizing drug paraphernalia     Baltimore Sun        more   
• Aug 10, 2021 HOGAN ANNOUNCES $6 MILLION MORE TO FUND THE DRUG WAR The Delta variant surge isn’t the only public health problem Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan seems to fundamentally misunderstand—there’s also the overdose crisis. This week, Hogan announced $6 million in grants to fund the Maryland Criminal Intelligence Network (MCIN) and the Heroin...     The Real News Network        more   
• Mar 23, 2021 Treat drug use as a health issue, not a criminal one Treat drug use as a health issue, not a criminal one: decriminalize paraphernalia     The Baltimore Sun        more   
• Mar 22, 2021 The Correlation Between US Overdose Rates and the Border Crisis The Correlation Between US Overdose Rates and the Border Crisis By Dr. Dan Morhaim (Smerconish)     Sirius XM - Smerconish        more   
• Mar 2, 2021 Let’s give people with opioid use disorder safe places in Maryland The Washington Post        more   
• Feb 24, 2021 Give people a safe place to do drugs. The Baltimore Sun        more   
• Apr 14, 2020 Ending the Drug War: Shaping the Future Drug Policy Alliance        more   
• Feb 26, 2020 South Philadelphia to become site of nation’s first supervised-injection facility South Philadelphia to become site of nation’s first supervised-injection facility     The Philadelphia Inquirer        more   
• Dec 1, 2019 Opioid Orphans With hundreds of kids orphaned by opioid crisis, this Maryland county has new outlook on trauma services Growing up in a Cecil County trailer park, Ray Lynn has been shaped by tragedy.     Baltimore Sun        more   
• Nov 19, 2019 The Latest Failure in the War on Drugs The Latest Failure in the War on Drugs People who provide the drugs that lead to overdoses often need help, not prison.     The New York Times        more   
• Aug 23, 2019 Seattle Has Figured Out How to End the War on Drugs Seattle Has Figured Out How to End the War on Drugs     The New York Times        more   
• Jul 24, 2019 U.S. ignores opioid treatment evidence in favor of the status quo The Baltimore Sun        more   
• Nov 19, 2018 This City’s Overdose Deaths Have Plunged. Can Others Learn From It? New York Times        more   
• May 29, 2018 Origins of an Epidemic: Purdue Pharma Knew Its Opioids Were Widely Abused The New York Times        more   
• May 1, 2018 FINDING ANSWERS FOR FLOOD OF MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE CASES Co-signers Patricia Miedusiewski of Timonium, Carin Miller of Frederick County, Beth Schmidt of Carroll County, Ginger Rosela of Calvert County, Lynn Miller of Harford County, Traci Boylston of St. Mary’s County, Linnea Sandkuhler of Baltimore City, Rob Zellner of Washington County and Debbie...     Baltimore Sun        more   
• Jan 24, 2018 Opioid Hysteria Comes to Massachusetts Courts The New York Times        more   
• Jan 10, 2018 How to Fight the Opioid Crisis New York Times        more   
• Nov 28, 2017 U.S. House panel convenes in Baltimore to assess opioid epidemic The Baltimore Sun        more   
• Nov 5, 2017 Let’s Open Up About Addiction and Recovery New York Times        more   
• Oct 19, 2017 Drug Dealers in Lab Coats New York Times        more   
• Jul 12, 2017 Bring Addiction Treatment into Mainstream Care The Baltimore Sun        more   
• Jun 21, 2017 In heroin fight, focus turns to educating young people The Baltimore Sun        more   
• Jun 21, 2017 Massachusetts Doctors Vote In Favor Of Safe Injection Facilities The Fix        more   
• Jun 20, 2017 Republicans' Medicaid Rollback Collides With Opioid Epidemic The New York Times        more   
• Apr 26, 2017 Trump is not off to a good start with opioid addiction The Hill        more   
• Apr 10, 2017 Is Md. ready for 'heroin assisted therapy'? The Baltimore Sun        more   
• Apr 3, 2017 Let’s Go for a Win on Opioids The New York Times        more   
• Jan 25, 2017 Hogan proposes limits on opioid prescriptions to tackle heroin crisis The Baltimore Sun        more   
• Nov 30, 2016 House Overwhelmingly Approves Sweeping Health Measure The House overwhelmingly passed a far-reaching measure on Wednesday to increase funding for research into cancer and other diseases, address weaknesses in the nation’s mental health systems and help combat the prescription drug addictions that have bedeviled nearly every state.     New York Times        more   
• Aug 8, 2016 Maryland awards $3 million to fight heroin, but not in Baltimore The Baltimore Sun        more   
• Jul 13, 2016 Senate Approves Bill to Combat Opioid Addiction Crisis New York Times        more   
• Jul 12, 2016 Congress Is Voting on an Inadequate Opioid Bill New York Times        more   
• Jul 6, 2016 Congress Splits Over Bill Aimed at Nation’s Opioid Epidemic New York Times        more   
• Jun 23, 2016 State action limits opioid addiction treatments The Baltimore Sun        more   
• Jun 6, 2016 Sen. Cardin, health practitioners to discuss Maryland opioid epidemic in Edgewood The Baltimore Sun        more   
• Dec 30, 2015 Law enforcement's new approach to addiction in Baltimore The Baltimore Sun        more   
• Nov 23, 2015 Cut Sentences for Low-Level Drug Crimes The New York Times        more   
• Oct 22, 2015 Obama Administration Announces Public and Private Sector Efforts to Address Prescription Drug Abuse and Heroin Use White House Press Office        more   
• Feb 26, 2015 Mental Health Providers Protest Budget Cuts WBAL        more   
• Feb 26, 2015 Reversing the Overdose Epidemic The Baltimore Sun        more   
• Feb 26, 2015 Citizens rally to restore behavioral health budget The Bay Net        more   
• Feb 26, 2015 Supporters of mental health, drug treatment providers rally for funds Carroll County Times        more   
• Jan 4, 2011 Study shows Marylanders favor increased alcohol tax Gazette.Net        more   
• Jan 4, 2011 Supporters of dime-a-drink tax hike believe they’re getting closer to victory Maryland Reporter        more   
• Jan 4, 2011 Md. Drink Tax a Win-Win, Say Supporters NBC Washington        more   
• Jan 4, 2011 Lawmakers look to boost the booze tax in Md. WTOP        more   
• Jan 4, 2011 Push continues for Md. alcohol tax hike Baltimore Business Journal        more   



Drug Use

• Mar 22, 2022 Alcohol-Related Deaths Spiked During the Pandemic, a Study Shows Alcohol-Related Deaths Spiked During the Pandemic, a Study Shows The deaths were up 25 percent in 2020 compared with 2019, amid heightened stress factors and delayed treatment, according to a new report.     The New York Times        more   
• Jul 14, 2021 Drug Overdose Deaths Spike New York Times        more   
• Mar 2, 2021 A crisis on top of a crisis: COVID-19 and the opioid epidemic Harvard School of Public Health        more   
• Jul 24, 2020 Fatal Overdoses climbed to Record High in 2019 Fatal Overdoses climbed to Record High in 2019, reversing historic progress     Politico        more   
• Nov 26, 2019 My friend and I both took heroin. He overdosed. Why was I charged with his death? My friend and I both took heroin. He overdosed. Why was I charged with his death?     Washington Post        more   
• Jul 29, 2018 Opioids continue to wreak havoc in Maryland — here's who is dying and where Baltimore Business Journal        more   
• May 1, 2018 Are restrictions on opioids a threat to human rights? Fatal overdoses of prescription opioids were rare before 1999. Then doctors, influenced by pharmaceutical industry marketing, began prescribing them for chronic non-cancer pain. By the end of 2016, prescription opioids — not illicit heroin or fentanyl — had claimed 200,000 lives.     WASHINGTON POST        more   
• Oct 23, 2017 Faces of an Epidemic New Yorker        more   
• Oct 12, 2017 The Bronx’s Quiet, Brutal War With Opioids New York Times        more   
• Sep 20, 2017 ‘The Pills Are Everywhere’: How the Opioid Crisis Claims Its Youngest Victims New York Times        more   
• Aug 10, 2017 Short Answers to Hard Questions About the Opioid Crisis New York Times        more   
• Mar 2, 2017 Recovery Advocates Sought To Support Legislative Efforts The Dispatch        more   
• Jan 29, 2017 This Maryland prosecutor got the phone call every addict’s relative dreads Washington Post        more   
• Dec 6, 2016 As Harford's war on heroin rages, money to fight it becomes an issue To look at the numbers, the heroin problem in Harford County is getting worse, not better.     The Baltimore Sun        more   
• Nov 29, 2016 Five Harford heroin deaths in five days, but worst is yet to come, police and health officials fear It was a grim Thanksgiving holiday weekend for police and families in Harford County, as five people died from heroin overdoses between last Wednesday and Sunday.     The Baltimore Sun        more   
• Jun 14, 2016 People save and share leftover prescription opioids, study finds The Baltimore Sun        more   
• Feb 22, 2016 Opioids and Benzos not a good combination, health directors say The Baltimore Sun        more   
• Oct 22, 2015 Opiates Are Killing More People in This State Than Car Accidents. Obama Wants to Change That. Mother Jones        more   
• Oct 21, 2015 President Obama Says It’s Time to End the War on Drugs and Start the War on Addiction MTV News        more   
• Feb 26, 2015 Hogan Outlines Plan for Heroin Emergency WBAL-TV        more   
• Sep 6, 2014 Trying to prevent heroin deaths one shot at a time The Baltimore Sun        more   
• Apr 25, 2014 Confronting the Signs of Opiod Use Disorder--and Its Treatment JAMA        more   
• Nov 16, 2013 Addiction Treatment with a Dark Side New York Times        more   
• Feb 25, 2013 Maryland Can Prevent Overdose Deaths The Baltimore Sun        more   



Education

• Jul 31, 2017 Sparks for change: Open Society fellows have tested new ideas for Baltimore for 20 years The Baltimore Sun        more   
• Jun 16, 2016 Fighting the scourge of opioid addiction The Baltimore Sun        more   
• Sep 9, 2012 Gambling Exclusion is Gaining Ground Voluntary program designed to curb problem gambling in Maryland casinos lets gamblers sign up to be arrested.     The Baltimore Sun        more   
• Sep 13, 2010 Soros discusses $100 million gift to international human rights group, assesses foundation's work in Baltimore The Baltimore Sun        more   



Health Care

• Jan 21, 2021 State’s Public Behavioral Health System Struggles at a Critical Moment Maryland Matters        more   
• Jul 14, 2017 No meaningful progress on health care until you address these issues The Baltimore Sun        more   
• Mar 10, 2017 1 in 3 Americans is affected by addiction or mental illness: The Hill        more   
• Jan 17, 2017 How to Treat Opioid Drug Users New York Times        more   
• Jan 6, 2017 Let Opioid Users Inject in Hospitals New York Times        more   
• Jun 4, 2012 Maryland Making Progress on Health Care Reform Maryland Parity Project        more   
• May 11, 2012 Addiction Diagnoses May Rise Under Guideline Changes New York Times        more   



Treatment

• Jan 20, 2022 There is life after addiction. Most people recover There is life after addiction. Most people recover     NPR        more   
• Apr 1, 2021 These gamblers took dramatic steps to be barred from entering a Maryland casino again. Then they went anyhow. The Baltimore Sun        more   
• Aug 4, 2020 TELEHEALTH FLEXIBILITY NEEDED TELEHEALTH Flexibility needed Amidst Converging Mental Health, Addiction Crises     Maryland Matters        more   
• Aug 4, 2020 Using Telemedicine to treat Opioid Addiction Using Telemedicine to Treat Opioid Addiction Getting medication long meant seeing a licensed provider. Now a strategy for evading Covid-19 makes treatment available via the web.     New York Times        more   
• Aug 18, 2018 This E.R. Treats Opioid Addiction on Demand. That’s Very Rare New York Times        more   
• Mar 27, 2018 Funding secured to open stabilization center for drug and alcohol users in Baltimore Baltimore Sun        more   
• Jun 19, 2017 From Opioid Epidemic’s Front Lines, Filling In the Brutal Back Story The New York Times        more   
• Jan 6, 2017 Opioid users filling Maryland hospital beds and emergency rooms The Baltimore Sun        more   
• Nov 17, 2016 Fraction of Americans With Drug Addiction Receive Treatment, Surgeon General Says Millions of Americans suffer from alcoholism or addiction to legal and illegal drugs, but only a fraction are being treated, according to a report released on Thursday by the surgeon general.     New York Times        more   
• Aug 2, 2016 A complex epidemic of opioid addictions The Baltimore Sun        more   
• Jul 27, 2016 Naloxone Saves Lives, but Is No Cure in Heroin Epidemic New York Times        more   
• Jul 25, 2016 Advocates call on state to offer buprenorphine to opioid addicts in jails, prisons The Baltimore Sun        more   
• Jun 22, 2016 New Ways to Treat Pain Meet Resistance New York Times        more   
• Oct 12, 2015 Howard awarded $50,000 to combat heroin addiction The Baltimore Sun        more   
• Jan 24, 2015 Some correctional facilities treating addicts with medication The Baltimore Sun        more   
• Aug 31, 2014 Problem gambling center mounts campaign urging restraint The Baltimore Sun        more   
• Jul 6, 2014 A Different Path to Fighting Addiction New York Times        more   
• Feb 7, 2013 Drug treatment advocates protest funding cuts to Md. Maryland Reporter        more   
• Feb 4, 2013 Effective Addiction Treatment New York Times        more   
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