Tee tried heroin at 16 when a boyfriend crushed it into powder and passed it off as prescription pills. When Tee sniffed it, she could barely open her eyes for hours, which terrified her. Weeks later, ...

When it comes to drug addiction issues in Baltimore, District 13 Councilman Antonio Glover wants to see more action than talk from city leaders. Glover, who represents East Baltimore, became animated ...

Vincent Johnson remembers the moment everything changed. "The cracking moment was just being sick and tired of being sick and tired," he said. "In and out of jail… waking up in the morning, so ...

WASHINGTON — She grew up in a part of Baltimore where the sunlight shone on drug deals taking place out in the open. When Darlene Pope turned 13, she began using marijuana. By age 20, she was hooked ...

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 ...

The open-air drug market at Baltimore’s Penn North neighborhood has been “beyond control” for the past 10 years, community activist Ray Kelly said Thursday. The solution, Kelly said, is more resources ...

A Baltimore City councilwoman is moving to limit the location of health care clinics after residents in her district complained about quality-of-life issues caused by rampant drug addiction.

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This month’s mass overdose in West Baltimore underscored the need to expand drug treatment and harm reduction services, addiction specialists say. But efforts to build out services addressing the ...

A dangerous street drug called “New Jack City” is hitting Baltimore and could be tied to last week’s mass overdose, according to police sources and community members familiar with the city’s open-air ...