Baltimore Hospitals Pledge More Resources For Opioid Users

BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Whether it’s night or day, opioid overdoses in Baltimore are an around-the-clock epidemic. Especially when fentanyl is mixed in; a drug 50 to 100 times more powerful than heroin.
According to Baltimore Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen, “Since 2013, we’ve gone from 12 fentanyl deaths in one year to 500.”
Fentanyl was originally developed as an anesthetic for surgeries.
“I’m an anesthesiologist,” says Dr. Renee Blanding with Ho