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Mayor Scott touts $2M opioid response grants day after Penn North mass overdose

The announcement follows the city’s third mass overdose in four months

NARCAN Nasal Spray is left at a bus shelter at Pennsylvania and North Avenues following a mass overdose Oct. 8, 2025. (Kim Hairston/Staff)
NARCAN Nasal Spray is left at a bus shelter at Pennsylvania and North Avenues following a mass overdose Oct. 8, 2025. (Kim Hairston/Staff)
Mennatalla Ibrahim
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Mayor Brandon Scott announced $2 million in community grants from Baltimore’s opioid settlement funds to support treatment and harm reduction efforts, a day after another mass overdose in Penn North.

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