Dr. Leana Wen, Baltimore’s health commissioner, said business owners should provide treatment access and help fight stigma around addiction issues, as the city continues to battle an opioid crisis. The opioid epidemic has been a critical issue in Maryland and throughout the country for the past several years, as overdose-related deaths have spiked and the prevalence of fentanyl — the opioid that is over 50 times stronger than morphine — has grown. Nationally, the opioid epidemic has been declared…
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