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  • 5 days ago | baltimorebeat.com | Logan Hullinger

    Baltimore agencies have activated emergency heat protocols and halted evictions in response to dangerously high temperatures this week, marking the beginning of another scorching summer. Heat index values are expected to reach up to 110 degrees this week, prompting the National Weather Service to issue an extreme heat warning. The Baltimore City Health Department’s first Code Red Extreme Heat Alert of the year went into effect on June 22 and will last through June 26.

  • 1 week ago | mobtownredux.news | Logan Hullinger

    Four years ago, a headline in The Independent proclaimed, "Baltimore ends war on drugs with plot line straight from The Wire."Aside from the overused and often-irritating reference to "The Wire," the 2021 article highlighted former State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby's de facto decriminalization policy. The move marked a historic break from the city's notoriously militarized policing strategy by ending the prosecution of low-level crimes, including misdemeanor drug charges such as possession.

  • 1 week ago | mobtownredux.news | Logan Hullinger

    At first glance, it may seem that the War on Drugs has all but disappeared in Baltimore. The decades-long campaign decimated Black neighborhoods and fueled mass incarceration in the city under the guise of public safety. From more than 7,000 arrests in 2015 to less than 2,000 in 2024, the number of people being arrested for drug crimes has plummeted.

  • 1 week ago | baltimorebeat.com | Logan Hullinger

    At first glance, it may seem that the War on Drugs has all but disappeared in Baltimore. The decades-long campaign decimated Black neighborhoods and fueled mass incarceration in the city under the guise of public safety. From more than 7,000 arrests in 2015 to less than 2,000 in 2024, the number of people being arrested for drug crimes has plummeted.

  • 2 weeks ago | mobtownredux.news | Logan Hullinger

    For months, Baltimore had eagerly awaited a ruling by Judge Lawrence P. Fletcher-Hill — one that could have forced opioid distributors to bankroll a multi-billion-dollar abatement plan, allowing the beleaguered city to revolutionize its harm reduction and treatment infrastructure. Meanwhile, the city's unprecedented overdose crisis raged on.

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