Opioid crisis response remains a focus for Baltimore City leaders

Baltimore City's response to the ongoing opioid crisis remains a focus for city leaders, as they met to discuss ways to address the open-air drug market on Wednesday morning.

The meeting, which included city council members, healthcare providers, and community advocates, comes two weeks after the Penn North neighborhood experienced its third mass overdose incident .

The group discussed the ongoing challenges, service gaps, and explored policy solutions to enhance the city's collective response to opioid addiction and overdose prevention.

"In short, we're dealing with a drug market where they are constantly changing," said Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dr. Michelle Taylor. "There are different synthetics. There are different ways that they're trying to, you know, keep people in