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• Governor Hogan Announces $10 Million in Grant Awards to Combat Opioid Epidemic, Expand Access to Treatment and Community-Based Recovery Programs
• 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
• Lt. Governor Rutherford Highlights Legislation to Expand Access to Mental and Behavioral Health Resources, New Initiatives to Combat Opioid Epidemic in Maryland
• Lt. Governor Rutherford Announces Groundbreaking Partnership to Identify Illicit Drugs, Opioid Operational Command Center, Maryland Department of Health Release Report for Second Quarter 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
• Lt. Governor Rutherford Hosts First Maryland Stop Overdose Strategy Regional Town Hall in Western Maryland
• Lt. Governor Rutherford Announces $5.5 Million in Competitive Grants as Part of Maryland Stop Overdose Strategy
• Lt. Governor Rutherford Announces Launch of Statewide Maryland Stop Overdose Strategy
• Governor Hogan Appoints New Leadership of Opioid Operational Command Center
• 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

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