Press Release Archive
2023
- Opioid Operational Command Center Announces $6 Million Grant Opportunity to Address Opioid Crisis
- Opioid Restitution Fund Advisory Council to Hold Virtual Public Listening Session on March 8, 2023
2022
- Governor Hogan Announces Appointments to the Opioid Restitution Fund Advisory Council
- Opioid Operational Command Center Requests Feedback on Inter-Agency Opioid Coordination Plan for 2022–2024
- The Maryland Department of Health and the Opioid Operational Command Center Thank Marylanders for Participating in National Drug Take Back Day
- Opioid Operational Command Center Announces $5 Million Grant Opportunity to Support Initiatives Addressing the Opioid Crisis, Holds 2022 Best Practices Conference
2021
- Opioid Operational Command Center, Maryland Department of Health, and University of Maryland School of Medicine Host Training on Caring for Pregnant Women with Opioid Use Disorder
- Maryland Observes International Overdose Awareness Day
- Opioid Operational Command Center, Maryland Department of Health Release 2020 Annual Report
- Opioid Operational Command Center, Department of Health Release Opioid and Intoxication Fatality Data for Third Quarter of 2020
- Opioid Operational Command Center Encourages Marylanders to Participate in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 24
- Opioid Operational Command Center, Department of Health Release Opioid and Intoxication Fatality Data for Second Quarter of 2020
- Maryland Observes International Overdose Awareness Day and Recovery Month 2020 With a Message of Commitment
- Lieutenant Governor Boyd K. Rutherford Announces Opioid and Substance Use Grant Awards for FY 2021
2020
- OIT Alert! Unknown Substance Reported in Frederick, Cecil & Harford Counties (July 31, 2020)
- Opioid Operational Command Center, Department of Health Release First-Quarter Opioid Data for 2020
- Maryland Opioid Fatality Rate Begins to Stabilize
- Opioid Operational Command Center Holds 2020 Best Practices Conference to Focus on the Power of Collaboration
2019
- National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Is Saturday, October 26
- Hogan Administration Proclaims September as National Recovery Month
- Hogan Administration Announces Grants Totaling $10 Million to Fight Heroin and Opioid Epidemic
- State Releases 2019 First Quarter Fatal Overdose Data
- Opioid Operational Command Center Releases 2018 Annual Report
- National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is Saturday, April 27, 2019
- Maryland’s Inter-Agency Heroin and Opioid Coordinating Council to Meet Wednesday, March 20, 2019
- Lt. Governor Boyd K. Rutherford Announces Maryland Mobile Wellness Initiative in Anne Arundel County
- MEDIA ADVISORY: Lt. Governor Boyd K. Rutherford to Announce Launch of Maryland Mobile Wellness Initiative in Anne Arundel County
- MPT Presents Fighting Opioids Today: Maryland Communities on Saturday, February 9
- Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention Joins Frederick County Officials to Expand Handle with Care Initiative
- Opioid Operational Command Center Shares Progress in Efforts to Fight Heroin and Opioid Epidemic
2018
- Hogan-Rutherford Administration Announces Additional Efforts to Fight Heroin and Opioid Epidemic
- Governor Larry Hogan Announces Appointment: Appoints Steve Schuh Executive Director of Opioid Operational Command Center
- Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Delivers Critical Information to Providers 1,000,000 Times Per Month
- The Maryland Department of Health Teams Up with the Baltimore Ravens to Raise Awareness About the Opioid Crisis
- Opioid Operational Command Center Hosts Workshop on Crisis Intervention Systems
- National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is Tomorrow, October 27, 2018
- Opioid Operational Command Center Hosts Workshop on Youth Prevention and Intervention
- Opioid Operational Command Center Shares Progress in Efforts to Fight Heroin and Opioid Epidemic
- MPT Presents Fighting Opioids Today: Maryland Communities on Thursday, October 11
- Maryland to Receive $66 Million to Fight Opioid Epidemic
- Maryland’s Inter-Agency Heroin and Opioid Coordinating Council to Meet Tuesday, October 16, 2018
- Back to School: Warning Signs of Substance Use
- Today is International Overdose Awareness Day
- Hogan Administration Announces $900,000 In Funding To Track Heroin And Opioid Activity
- Maryland Department of Labor, Partners Receive $1.9 Million to Aid Opioid Epidemic Recovery
- Opioid Operational Command Center Continues Coordinating Maryland’s Fight Against Opioid Epidemic with State & Local Partners
- Maryland Department Of Health Partners With Maryland Public Television To Combat The Opioid Epidemic
- Seven Additional Arrests Made And More Pending As Police Continue To Dismantle Heroin/Fentanyl Distribution Operation In Maryland
- Hogan-Rutherford Administration Announces $40 Million to Fight Heroin and Opioid Epidemic
- Maryland’s Inter-Agency Heroin and Opioid Coordinating Council to Meet Tuesday, June 26, 2018
- Lt. Governor Boyd Rutherford Announces Opening of Recovery and Academic Program
- National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is Saturday, April 28, 2018
- Governor Larry Hogan Attends Anne Arundel County and Annapolis City Safe Stations One-Year Anniversary
- DEA Educational Foundation Hosts “Understanding the Opioid Epidemic: A Call to Action”
- Governor Larry Hogan Signs Legislation to Combat Opioid Epidemic Into Law
- Legislation Improving Sharing of Overdose Information Passes Maryland General Assembly
- Statement from Clay Stamp on Federal Efforts to Combat Opioid Epidemic
- Lt. Governor Boyd Rutherford Speaks at Opening of Maryland’s First Crisis Stabilization Center
- Maryland’s Inter-Agency Heroin and Opioid Coordinating Council to Meet Monday, March 19, 2018
- Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Program Expands to Six Detention Centers and Five Additional Hospitals
- State Releases 3rd Quarter Fatal Overdose Data
- Maryland Department of Health Launches Opioid Awareness Campaigns
2017
- Maryland’s Opioid Operational Command Center Hosts Opioid Intervention Team Swap & Share
- Maryland’s Inter-Agency Heroin and Opioid Coordinating Council to Meet Tuesday, December 12, 2017
- State Approves Opioid Intervention Team Plans for All 24 Local Jurisdictions
- National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, October 28, 2017
- Maryland’s Inter-Agency Heroin and Opioid Coordinating Council to Meet Friday, September 8, 2017
- Hogan-Rutherford Administration to Visit Maryland Communities During National Recovery Month
- Today is International Overdose Awareness Day
- For National Recovery Month, Health Department Urges Communication, Treatment
- Maryland’s Opioid Operational Command Center Working with State Agencies and Local Jurisdictions to Combat Heroin and Opioid Epidemic
- Hogan-Rutherford Administration Announces Over $22 Million to Fight Heroin and Opioid Epidemic
- Maryland Medicaid Initiatives to Combat Opioid Epidemic Rolling Out July 1
- New Law Expands Naloxone Access to All Marylanders
- Maryland State Agencies Working to Combat Heroin and Opioid Epidemic
- Maryland’s health department releases 2016 fatal overdose data
- Carfentanil Determined Present in Three Fatal Overdose Cases
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