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• 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
• 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
• 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
• Four-Month Investigation by Carroll County Narcotics Task Force Leads to Arrest of Baltimore Man
• State Releases 2019 First Quarter Fatal Overdose Data
• Maryland State Police Arrest Known Gang Member On Drug Charges In Baltimore City, Anne Arundel County
• Opioid Operational Command Center Releases 2018 Annual Report
• Governor’s Office on Crime Control and Prevention Reports April Success Through Maryland Criminal Intelligence Network
• National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is Saturday, April 27, 2019
• Maryland Department of Labor Seeking Proposals to Help Women Impacted by the Opioid Crisis
• 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
• Multi-State Investigation Dismantling Eastern Shore Drug Distribution Operation
• MEDIA ADVISORY: Lt. Governor Boyd K. Rutherford to Announce Launch of Maryland Mobile Wellness Initiative in Anne Arundel County
• State Accepting Proposals to Invest in the Opioid Workforce Innovation Fund
• 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
• Traffic Stop Yields Two Arrests As State Police Disrupt A Heroin Distribution Operation In Cecil County
• Lt. Governor Boyd K. Rutherford Announces Funding for Opioid Crisis and Substance Use Disorder Services, New Commission Studying Mental and Behavioral Health
• 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
• Governor Larry Hogan Statement on Enactment of Federal Opioid Package
• 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
• COAT Team Efforts Reducing Opioid Overdoses in Wicomico County
• 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
• Seven Arrests Made and More Pending as Police Dismantle a 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
• Multi-Jurisdiction Heroin Investigation Results in 19 Arrests
• Maryland’s Inter-Agency Heroin and Opioid Coordinating Council to Meet Monday, March 19, 2018
• State Troopers Save Driver from Suspected Heroin Overdose While Behind the Wheel in the Middle of the Road
• 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
• Hogan-Rutherford Administration Announces 2018 Anti-Opioid Initiatives
• Maryland State Police Arrest Man on Fentanyl Distribution Charges
• 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
• 100 Doses of Heroin Seized During Traffic Stop
• State Approves Opioid Intervention Team Plans for All 24 Local Jurisdictions
• National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, October 28, 2017
• Traffic Stop Leads to Heroin Arrest in Cecil County
• 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
• Secretary Stephen Moyer Selected to Lead Regional Drug Trafficking Program
• Maryland State Agencies Working to Combat Heroin and Opioid Epidemic
• ​Maryland’s health department releases 2016 fatal overdose data
• State Police Barracks Become 24-hr Drop-off Locations For Unused Prescription Meds
• Governor Larry Hogan Signs Legislation to Combat Heroin and Opioid Crisis
• Hogan Administration Launches “Before It’s Too Late” Web Portal to Provide Resources, Raise Awareness of Opioid Crisis
• Lt. Governor Boyd Rutherford Hosts Maryland Heroin and Opioid Educational Forum
• Governor Larry Hogan, Governor Terry McAuliffe, Mayor Muriel Bowser Participate in Regional Opioid and Substance Abuse Summit
• Carfentanil Determined Present in Three Fatal Overdose Cases