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5 days ago | 
mobtownredux.news | Logan Hullinger
If there's one thing I've learned from covering the harm reduction movement in Baltimore, it's that those on the frontlines don't back down. At the annual Tuerk Conference last month, organizers stood resolutely among a throng of abstinence-based treatment programs to cement themselves as a crucial arm of the city's response to the overdose crisis. And earlier this week, they showed up in numbers at a town hall to press Mayor Brandon Scott and his administration.
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1 week ago | 
baltimorebeat.com | Logan Hullinger
This story was published in partnership in Mobtown Redux. Despite growing objections from harm reduction workers in Baltimore, the city’s Board of Estimates on Wednesday approved Mayor Brandon Scott’s fiscal year 2026 budget that allocates tens of millions of opioid restitution dollars without the input of the newly appointed advisory board.
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1 week ago | 
mobtownredux.news | Logan Hullinger
When Mayor Brandon Scott signed an executive order creating Baltimore's Opioid Resitution Advisory Board last year, it was hailed as a new chapter in the beleaguered city's fight against a disastrous overdose crisis. The 20-member board, composed of public health experts and those with lived experience in addiction and drug use, would play a key role in determining how hundreds of millions of dollars from opioid-related lawsuits were spent, Scott said.
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1 week ago | 
mobtownredux.news | Logan Hullinger
Roughly 1,500 harm reduction workers, addiction and mental health professionals, and others serving those with substance use disorder gathered in Baltimore on April 29 for the 2025 Tuerk Conference, a gathering meant to highlight the latest developments and brightest minds in addiction treatment.
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1 week ago | 
baltimorebeat.com | Logan Hullinger
Roughly 1,500 harm reduction workers, addiction and mental health professionals, and others serving those with substance use disorder gathered in Baltimore on April 29 for the 2025 Tuerk Conference, a gathering meant to highlight the latest developments and brightest minds in addiction treatment.
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2 weeks ago | 
technical.ly | Jaisal Noor |Logan Hullinger
This story was originally published by The Baltimore Beat, a partner with Technical.ly in the Baltimore News Collaborative. The collaborative is a project exploring the challenges and successes experienced by young people in Baltimore, supported by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. As day turned to night in Baltimore on April 27, 2015, the number of arrests for disorderly conduct, failure to obey, and destruction of property ticked upward.
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2 weeks ago | 
mobtownredux.news | Logan Hullinger
As Mayor Brandon Scott stood before a packed theater for his State of the City address this week, he extolled his administration's accomplishments before shifting the focus toward Baltimore's future — a speech that included a brief nod to its progress in fighting a devastating overdose crisis.
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2 weeks ago | 
baltimorebeat.com | Logan Hullinger |Sanya Kamidi
In the past decade, Maryland state employee Chad Williams has been the subject of a federal investigation over his handling of sexual harassment complaints at a Nevada housing authority; has himself been accused of sexual harassment at two different workplaces; and was convicted of domestic violence while actively leading an agency in Baltimore.
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3 weeks ago | 
mobtownredux.news | Logan Hullinger
In less than three weeks, Baltimore will learn whether two massive opioid distributors must cough up billions of dollars to fund its comprehensive abatement plan — a decision that could revolutionize harm reduction in the epicenter of the nation's overdose crisis. Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Lawrence P. Fletcher-Hill has said he will rule on the case against McKesson and Cencora, formerly AmerisourceBergen, by May 6.
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1 month ago | 
mobtownredux.news | Logan Hullinger
Flanked by a cadre of cops and city officials, Mayor Brandon Scott on Wednesday announced the takedown of a drug trafficking organization in Curtis Bay — yet the aftermath of these coveted busts can be deadly for drug users. The joint operation, conducted by law enforcement agencies at every level of government, yielded 11 arrests and was touted as a valiant effort under the city's Group Violence Reduction Strategy during a press conference at the Curtis Bay Recreation Center.
