Progressive Maryland Drug Policy Taskforce

The drug crisis is getting worse in Portland. The OD deaths are rising. Please take precautions to stay safe.

The Morning: From Portugal to Portland When Oregon was getting ready to vote on whether to decriminalize all drugs in 2020, I was covering the story for Vox. During my interviews with the leaders of the decriminalization campaign, they often cited Portugal. It decriminalized all drugs in 2000. In the years after, Portugal’s drug-relate...

Silent No More: Addressing the Mental Health & Opioid Crises in the LEP, Ethnic, & BIPOC Communities The Addiction Policy Forum has partnered with the Ethnic Communities Opioid Response Network – MO to engage people who use languages other than English (LOTE) to address the opioid crisis in our ethnic communities. There are many communities that are ethnically, culturally, and linguistically dive...

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Innovations to Address the Fentanyl Crisis Presentation.pptx.pdf

Border Patrol K-9 sniffs out $2M in fentanyl during traffic stop in Arizona , more details :

Border Patrol K-9 sniffs out $2M in fentanyl during traffic stop in Arizona A K-9 with U.S. Customs and Border Protection helped agents seize $2 million worth of fentanyl hidden inside a car at a checkpoint on I-8 in Yuma, Arizona.

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Va**ng Could Up Teens' Odds for Ma*****na Use, Binge Drinking | Just Think Twice Secure .gov websites use HTTPSA lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

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Fentanyl-related deaths among children increased more than 30-fold between 2013 and 2021 | CNN Fatal overdoses involving fentanyl have surged in recent years in the US and new research shows that deaths among children have increased significantly, mirroring trends among adults.

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National Fentanyl Awareness Day | May 9th A day of action to raise public awareness about an urgent problem: illegally made fentanyl. Join our effort on May 9, 2022.