Explaining the Maryland Heroin Epidemic
Overdose deaths in Maryland are primarily associated with heroin, prescription opioid medications, fentanyl, and other synthetic opioids. Overdose deaths are almost exclusively related to fentanyl and fentanyl-related drugs. This is not so different from other places in the country. As of 2019, it’s statistically more likely someone will die as a result of an opioid…