Syringe Exchange Saves Lives, Says amfAR

Published July 29, 2013

Syringe Exchange Saves Lives, Says amfAR

Filed under: Drug Treatment Help Baltimore

Lifting the ban on federal funding would help cash strapped state and local health leaders make their own choices about utilizing evidence based interventions to fight disease. … Organizational co-sponsors include amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS …
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Health officials blame heroin for spike in Maryland overdose deaths

Filed under: Drug Treatment Help Baltimore

Heroin overdose deaths soared last year in Baltimore, a city that has struggled with one of the highest rates of heroin addiction in the nation and with the violence that comes with illegal drug dealing. In 2012, 126 people died in the city from heroin …
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Tuesday's Sports Transactions

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COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE-Suspended Tampa Bay C Mark Thomas (Montgomery-SL) 50 games for a second violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program for a drug of abuse. BALTIMORE ORIOLES-Acquired RHP Francisco …
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