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WBAL-TV Airs Special on Opioid Epidemic


Topic: Drug Prevention
Posted on 4/26/2017

Hearst’s NBC affiliate WBAL-TV Baltimore aired “State of Addiction” on April 26. The special report focused on Maryland’s critical heroin and opioid crisis and featured Governor Larry Hogan. A phone line staffed by addiction experts ran for two hours following the broadcast.



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