Jaylon Ferguson made it from Louisiana to the Ravens. An overdose cut his legacy short. bit.ly/4bQmgVy

This is a tour de force and well worth your time. Graphics, photo, and words come together for a powerful story that is new information for many of us who thought we knew our region. I highly recommend it. The Baltimore Banner The New York Times

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Dr. D will leave her role to spend more time with family after 5 years in City Hall

Baltimore had “every reason to have one of the worst pandemic experiences in the country but didn’t … and Dr. Dzirasa deserves a lot of the credit” says one expert

'The same drug that she had used to ease her dying mother’s pain had also taken her son’s life.'

This year-long collaboration of The Baltimore Banner and The New York Times is a must-read investigation of the opioid epidemic that has claimed 6000 lives in Baltimore in last 6 yrs. Amazing work by Alissa Zhu Nick Thieme and Jessica Gallagher. thebaltimorebanner.com/community/publ…

.Marilyn J. Mosby was spared a prison sentence. She will have three years of supervised release with one year to be served on home detention.

Great reporting today from The Baltimore Banner team Dylan Segelbaum, Justin Fenton, and Pamela Wood!
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If you don't subscribe to the Banner...now is the time. Deep, lengthy investigation into a problem that is bigger than you may imagine

People in Baltimore have been dying of overdoses at a rate never before seen in a major American city.

In the past six years, nearly 6,000 lives have been lost.
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🥺 man…I hope some of you take the time to read these stories…

Thank you Henry!! ❤️

Incredible local investigative journalism right here

People are dying every day in Baltimore and almost nobody has been talking about it -- not city leaders, not the state, and not the media. We hope this joint @baltimorebanner The New York Times investigation starts an important conversation. The numbers are astounding.

“My last wish is that when you do remember, you smile and if you can laugh, always laugh,” he had written. “If nothing else, laugh at me.”

He signed the note warmly: “Love, Dubbs.”

Al Holden’s family has gathered annually to honor his birthday and death day, an anniversary of love and loss. They play basketball and release balloons. Yvonne Holden pictures the child she used to hug and kiss, who looked a lot like Charlie Brown. “I lost my baby,” she said.

We know Baltimore has an opioid problem. But the scope & how efforts to combat it have fallen off is laid devastatingly bare in this The Baltimore Banner/The New York Times package of stories, the first of which is here. By Alissa Zhu, Nick Thieme & Jessica Gallagher thebaltimorebanner.com/community/publ…