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National Issues Forum Conversation on Opioids

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“For the first time in U.S. history, a person is more likely to die from an accidental opioid overdose than from a motor vehicle crash,” according to National Safety Council analysis. What should we do about this opioid epidemic?  That is the question the community will be discussing on Saturday, February 23, 2-4pm at Calvert […]

New Commission Studying Mental and Behavioral Health

Lt. Governor Boyd K. Rutherford Announces Funding for Opioid Crisis and Substance Use Disorder Services Hogan Administration Increases Investments for Treatment and Prevention Efforts; Commission to Study Link Between Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Lt. Governor Boyd K. Rutherford today joined state and local leaders to announce new Hogan administration initiatives to expand substance […]

MSP Responds to 25 Impaired Driving Crashes Over Weekend

Maryland State Police responded to twenty five impaired driving crashes this past weekend. From Prince George’s County to the Eastern Shore of Maryland, troopers responded to 25 alcohol or drug related crashes between Friday, December 14 and Sunday, December 16, 2018. Ninne of the crashes occurred in Baltimore County and four occurred in Prince George’s […]

Governor Larry Hogan Announces Appointment

Appoints Steve Schuh Executive Director of Opioid Operational Command Center Governor Larry Hogan today announced his appointment of former Anne Arundel County Executive Steve Schuh as executive director of Maryland’s Opioid Operational Command Center (OOCC). Schuh will serve as the state’s principal coordinator in the fight against the opioid crisis, replacing Clay Stamp, who will […]

Drug Enforcement Unit Arrests Two in Lusby

On October 11th, 2018, the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Drug Enforcement Unit executed a search warrant on Cowpoke Circle in Lusby.  Four (4) pounds of marijuana as well as four (4) pounds of marijuana oil/wax was recovered during the search warrant.  The marijuana and marijuana oil/wax has an approximate street value of $35,000.  A total […]

Back to School: Warning Signs of Substance Use

Maryland Opioid Operational Command Center, Governor’s Office on Crime Control and Prevention Want You to Know, Before It’s Too Late No parent wants to think of their teen as having an alcohol or substance use problem, but it can happen. How do you spot the warning signs and what do you do? The Governor’s Office […]

Federal Indictment Charges 2 Southern Maryland Men

A federal grand jury today returned a superseding indictment charging Rodney Mondell Coby, a/k/a “Cuz,” age 29, of Waldorf, Maryland, and Steven Jerome, of Leonardtown, Maryland, with distribution of fentanyl resulting in death.  Coby is also charged with possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking […]

$900,000 In Funding To Track Heroin and Opioid Activity

The Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention (GOCCP) today announced awards to 16 jurisdictions totaling nearly $900,000 from Maryland’s Heroin Coordinator Program, which plays a critical role in multi-jurisdictional criminal investigations by analyzing data that links overdose victims to drug trafficking organizations operating within the state and across state lines. The awards announced today […]

Seven Additional Arrests Made in Maryland

And More Pending As Police Continue To Dismantle Heroin/Fentanyl Distribution Operation A cooperative cross-jurisdictional and multi-state drug investigation has led to seven additional arrests with more expected as police continue to dismantle a drug trafficking organization they believe was responsible for the distribution of heroin and fentanyl throughout Maryland. The seven additional arrests include two […]