State Roundup, August 9, 2016

HEROIN GRANTS TO 9 JURISDICTIONS: Gov. Larry Hogan announced Monday that the state will distribute $3 million in grants to fight the heroin epidemic in Maryland, but none of it will go to Baltimore — which has accounted for more than a third of the state’s heroin-related overdose deaths in recent years. Michael Dresser of the Sun reports that the city didn’t apply for a share of the money, the governor’s office said.

 

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State Roundup, August 9, 2016