Montgomery Community Media

In this MyMCMedia Extra Video, State’s Attorney John McCarthy talks about the exploding heroin problem in the state of Maryland and in Montgomery County in particular. “We had five heroin, suspected heroin overdose deaths in Montgomery County alone last week. We had 18 deaths last year, this is a growing problem,” said McCarthy. “We have […]

Maryland Democratic gubernatorial candidate Larry Hogan is planning to discuss the state’s heroin epidemic on Monday at an afternoon news conference in Washington County, according to a statement released by his campaign. “Maryland has been called the heroin capital of the world, and it’s not just urban areas that are suffering from this epidemic,” said […]

The Montgomery County Council’s Public Safety Committee and its Health and Human Services Committee will meet jointly at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 27, for a work session on the County’s opioid prevention program. In response to a statewide 54 percent increase in heroin-related overdose deaths from 2011 to 2012 and a 15 percent increase […]