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Calvert County Files Suit Against Opioid Makers and Distributors

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On Thursday, June 13, the Calvert County Board of County Commissioners filed suit in federal court against the largest manufacturers and distributors of opiates to recover costs related to the opioid crisis. The suit alleges opioid manufacturers and distributors engaged in deceptive and illegal marketing schemes and helped create the public health emergency caused by […]

OOCC Fiscal Year 2020 Call for Proposals

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Applications Due Thursday, June 13, 2019 The Opioid Operational Command Center (OOCC) today released its call for proposals for FY2020 OOCC funds. Learn more and apply. The OOCC directly allocates approximately $10 million in crisis funding each year. In Fiscal Year 2020, $4 million of these crisis funds will be allocated as block grants to […]

Opioid Operational Command Center Releases Report

Includes 2018 Preliminary Opioid-Related Overdose Death Data The Opioid Operational Command Center (OOCC) today released its 2018 annual report, which includes 2018 preliminary opioid-related overdose death data, performance measures related to metrics set by state agencies and Maryland’s 24 opioid intervention teams (OITs), opioid-related spending, as well as additional information regarding Maryland’s fight against the […]

Lt Gov Rutherford on Maryland Mobile Wellness

Lt Governor Boyd K. Rutherford Announces Maryland Mobile Wellness Initiative in Anne Arundel County Lt. Governor Boyd K. Rutherford joined state and local leaders to announce the Maryland Mobile Wellness Initiative, a mobile health vehicle to support Anne Arundel County’s array of substance use disorder care. The lieutenant governor spoke at a press conference at […]

National Issues Forum Conversation on Opioids

“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 […]

MPT Presents Fighting Opioids Today

Maryland Communities on Saturday, February 9 Program Looks at Battle Against Opioid Addiction and Progress Being Made in Maryland to Restore Lives Maryland Public Television (MPT) will broadcast the program Fighting Opioids Today: Maryland Communities on MPT-HD on Saturday, February 9 at 7:30 p.m. as part of the statewide public TV network’s annual Addiction & […]

Maryland’s Opioid Operational Command Center Report

Opioid Operational Command Center Shares Progress in Efforts to Fight Heroin and Opioid Epidemic State and Local Partners Using ODMap to Mobilize Resources Today, the Maryland Department of Health released its Unintentional Drug And Alcohol-Related Intoxication Death Report for the third quarter of 2018. Maryland’s Opioid Operational Command Center has been working with the Maryland […]

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 […]

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 […]