Maryland’s Heroin Epidemic: The Origins

By |July 16th, 2015|Blog|

We’re halfway through 2015 and heroin’s presence in Maryland is indisputable. In fact, according to many it’s not just a problem, it’s an epidemic. In 2013, there were 464 heroin-related overdose deaths, which outnumbered 387 homicides, representing a 95 percent increase in heroin-related overdose deaths since 2010. Yet the numbers continued to rise in 2014, [...]