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Baltimore stabilization center to help counteract opioid epidemic (WBAL)

Mar 28th, 2018

Baltimore's mayor is making one of her biggest pushes yet to fight the opioid epidemic in the city. 

City officials said the stabilization center is three years in the making, and it will be the first of its kind in Maryland, and one of the first in the country, to help people battling addiction and get them on the right path.

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This Teen Pregnancy Prevention Update Is Good News For Family Planning Clinics (Bustle)

Mar 28th, 2018

After quietly cutting funding for family planning services last year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has agreed to reinstate some funding for teen pregnancy prevention, NBC News reports. 

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Lt. Governor Speaks at Opening of Maryland’s First Crisis Stabilization Center (WCBC)

Mar 28th, 2018

Lt. Governor Boyd Rutherford today joined Baltimore City Mayor Catherine Pugh, Maryland Department of Health Deputy Secretary for Behavioral Health Dr. Barbara J. Bazron, and Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen to announce the opening of Maryland's first crisis stabilization center. The stabilization center will provide basic first aid, withdrawal management, and screening and referral to treatment on-site for individuals with a substance use disorder.

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City, state plan first ‘stabilization center’ to treat addiction (Baltimore Fishbowl)

Mar 28th, 2018

City and state agencies are partnering to open a stabilization center in Baltimore to connect people struggling with addiction to necessary services.

Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford, Mayor Catherine Pugh and Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen were some of the public officials on hand this morning to announce the plan.

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Officials announce plans to open ‘stabilization’ center (Washington Post)

Mar 28th, 2018

State and local officials have announced plans to open a “stabilization” center in Baltimore to help people who are under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

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Baltimore to open ‘ER for addiction’ with state funding (The Daily Record)

Mar 27th, 2018

Baltimore will announce plans Wednesday to open a stabilization center, providing help for people struggling with addiction and other mental health disorders.

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Funding secured to open stabilization center for drug and alcohol users in Baltimore (Baltimore Sun)

Mar 27th, 2018

City and state officials plan to announce Wednesday that they’ve secured funding for a stabilization center in Baltimore that would serve as a safe place where drug users can go when they are intoxicated to get medical treatment and links to other social services. 

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Note From The Commissioner: Virtual Supermarket Launch

Mar 23rd, 2018

On Monday, we announced the launch of our 14th Virtual Supermarket site at Ruscombe Gardens, a residential center for seniors. Our Virtual Supermarket program provides easy access to fresh fruits and vegetables for those living in Healthy Food Priority Areas across the City. Since the Health Department launched the Virtual Supermarket program in 2010, nearly $600,000 worth of groceries have been purchased, with 43 percent of customers buying more fruits and vegetables. I joined our partners at Shoprite to distribute groceries to the residents and to discuss the importance of this program in helping Baltimoreans make the healthy choice the easy choice.

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Baltimore city is suing Trump administration over cuts to teen pregnancy prevention education (The Hill)

Mar 23rd, 2018

Baltimore City joined a lawsuit brought by Healthy Teen Network against President Trump, challenging a decision by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to cut funding from evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention education.

Read Dr. Wen's full op-ed.

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Cardin hosts opioid roundtable (Kent County News)

Mar 23rd, 2018

Two years ago, U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., helped organize a roundtable discussion regarding the growing opioid epidemic in Maryland and throughout the United States, bringing health care professionals, law enforcement and nonprofit organizations together to share ideas on what has and has not worked in putting a dent in the crisis. In Baltimore City, Health Department Senior Advisor Dr. Shelly Choo said more than 35,000 residents had been naloxone trained, saving 1,500 lives. Choo said the city is using a three-pillar approach to combating the epidemic. 

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