Over the weekend, Sapna Bansil, a journalist with our media partner, The Baltimore Banner, spoke with a woman in her 60s who survived an overdose after unknowingly ingesting a dangerous batch of drugs.

At the intersection of Penn and North, a notorious hub for the city's drug trade, the voices of those affected by addiction echo through the streets

Five people were hospitalized following an overdose in Baltimore's Penn-North neighborhood, with the mayor urging public action and an investigation into a drug cocktail is ongoing.

Baltimore leaders discussed strategies for tackling the city's opioid crisis with residents in the same community where 27 people were hospitalized on July 10 in a mass overdose​.

On the eve of what would turn out to be a mass overdose incident in the Penn North neighborhood last week, members of the Baltimore City government, local overdose prevention groups and concerned residents gathered at Cherry Hill Elementary School to discuss ways to prevent such events.