# 94

Two new Maryland laws seek funding for Heroin Opioid Treatment, Response and Prevention.

Article, while making no data available indicating that persons are overdosing at Maryland High Schools and Colleges, seeks to place Narcan antidote at such schools and require training of school personnel.  Additionally, Maryland seeks to place 10 Crisis Treatment Centers in 10 regions of the state.

Article reports that nearly 2,000 died in Maryland in 2016 from overdoses.

http://wtop.com/maryland/2017/03/md-democrats-call-to-open-treatment-centers-to-battle-heroin-crisis/