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DELAWARE:

Delaware Launches Overdose Task Force to Prevent Opioid Deaths, WHYY, 10/24/18

These Injections Can Help Delawareans Overcome Their Heroin Addiction, Delaware Online, 10/18/18

Treatment Options Still Lag in Delaware, says AG's Report, DelawareOnline, 10/10/18

Dover Police Seize 7500 Bags of Heroin, 30 Grams of Ecstasy in Drug Arrest, Delaware News Journal, 10/01/18

We Don't Need More Studies on Opioid Crisis, Delaware Online, 09/26/18

Delaware Breaks State Record for Overdose Deaths, Dover Post, 09/12/18

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA:

CareFirst Awards $2.1M to Baltimore-D.C. Community Health Organizations Combatting Opioids, WTOP, 10/24/18

Plaistow Couple Brings Moving Portraits to D.C. in Fight Against Opioid Epidemic, Union Leader, 10/14/18

Synthetics: The Next Chapter in the D.C. Region's Drug Crisis, D.C. Policy Center, 10/03/18

U.S. Opioid Addiction Crisis Continues, with Impacts Felt Locally, WJLA, 08/01/18

How the D.C. Region is Responding to the Opioid Crisis, D.C. Policy Center, 08/01/18

MARYLAND:

A Maryland County Confronts the Opioid Epidemic, WAMU, 10/25/18

Maryland, Virginia Forensic Labs Facing Backlogs Due to Opioid Epidemic, NBC4, 10/23/18

Opioid Crisis Hits Maryland Roadways, WFMD, 10/17/18

Opioid Overdoses in Maryland Increased 14.8 Percent in First Six Months of 2018, Baltimore Sun, 10/12/18

Howard, Baltimore Counties Propose Expanding Mental Health Units, Baltimore Sun, 10/12/18

After Larry Hogan Vowed to Take on Maryland's Opioid Epidemic, Deaths Soared. What Happened?, Baltimore Sun, 10/10/18

'Last Responders': Maryland's Funeral Directors Consider Stocking Opioid Overdose Antidote Narcan, Baltimore Sun, 10/05/18

Community Gathers for Human Rope to Stop the Dope in Bel Air, Baltimore Sun, 10/01/18

Maryland to Receive $66 Million to Fight Opioid Epidemic, WFMD, 09/28/18

PENNSYLVANIA;

Other Voices: It's Time for a Bipartisan Attack on Opioid Scourge, Delaware County Daily Times, 10/01/18

Alle-Kiski Valley Crackdown Nets $600K in Illegal Drugs, Tribune-Review, 09/27/18

VIRGINIA:

Second Needle Exchange Program Launches at Richmond Free Clinic with RPD Support, Richmond Times-Dispatch, 10/17/18

"We Have a Problem and Solution:" Non-profit Fights Opioid Crisis Through Recovery, NBC12, 10/17/18

Lights of Hope Event Shines Light on Addiction and Overdoses, Bristol Herald Courier, 09/30/18

Pit Bull Formerly Used in Fighting Ring Joins Virginia Police Department, Fox News. 09/25/18

WEST VIRGINIA:

U.S. Department of Justice Introduces the Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid Task Force, MetroNews, 10/25/18

The Doctor and the Epidemic: Three Years at Ground Zero of the Opioid Crisis, WKMS, 10/15/18

Driving While Recovering: For Some Fighting Addiction, A Roadblock on the Path to Sobriety, WV Public Broadcasting. 10/01/18

Workers Overdose on the Job, and Employers Struggle to Respond, Watertown Daily Times, 10/01/18

Resolution Soon to Become Law to Help Infants Born Exposed to Drugs, Beckley Register-Herald, 09/28/18

Nearly 40 Facing Charges in Multi-State Federal Drug Takedown, WSAZ-TV, 09/27/18

NATIONAL:

Rural Americans Are OK with 'Outside' Help to Beat Opioid Crisis and Boost Economy, NPR, 10/25/18

UFC Joins the Fight to End Opioid Abuse, Boxing Insider, 10/24/18

Congress Takes on Opioids, West Dakota Fox, 10/24/18

CDC Director Calls for Destigmatizing Addiction to Confront Opioid Crisis, Washington Examiner, 10/23/18

Rate of Women Addicted to Opioids During Pregnancy Quadrupled in 15 years, CDC Says, CNN, 08/17/2018

Researchers Identify Key Brain Circuits for Reward-Seeking and Avoidance Behavior, NIH, 08/22/18

A Quarter of Adults with Sprained Ankles Were Prescribed Opioids in the ER, Study Shows, Washington Post, 07/27/18