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-Open Society Institute- Baltimore is a longtime member and supporter of the BRIDGES Coalition- Opioid overdoses take thousands of lives. And now Xylazine, a tranquilizer meant for large animals, has been discovered as a cutting agent, through a rapid analysis program led by Maryland’s Opioid Operational Command Center. A whopping 80 percent of drugs tested [...]

Peer navigators at the Penn North Library guide customers in recovery efforts By Emily Sullivan OSI and Baltimore City are partners in the Healing City Baltimore initiative. In a basement conference room at the Penn North Library, away from shelves of books and rows of computers, Tiffinee Scott teaches a group of people how to [...]

This week, two OSI Baltimore Community Fellows, Janet Glover-Kerkvliet (2019) and Deborah Ramsey (2016) were featured on WYPR shows. First, Janet Glover-Kervliet is the founder of the Baltimore Job Hunters Support group, which offers support and free career counseling to Baltimore job seekers. She spoke to Sheilah Kast on On the Record about how the [...]