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Baltimore’s Mass Overdose Wasn’t a Mystery—It Was a Policy Failure
On July 10, 2025, Baltimore’s Penn-North neighborhood became the epicenter of a mass overdose crisis that hospitalized 27 people—yet city officials acted like it was some unforeseen catastrophe. It wasn’t. It was the predictable result of decades of failed policies, open-air drug markets, and a leadership class more focused on distributing Narcan than restoring law and order. This wasn’t a medical mystery—it was a preventable disaster fueled by political cowardice and neglect.