Overdose Prevention

On March 1, 2017, Governor Larry Hogan signed Executive Order 01.01.2017.02 declaring a State of Emergency in response to the heroin, opioid, and fentanyl crisis ravaging communities in Maryland and across the country. This declaration activates the governor’s emergency management authority and enables increased and more rapid coordination between the state and local jurisdictions. The governor, along with Lt. Governor Boyd Rutherford, also announced $50 million in new funding to address the crisis, as well as the appointment of the governor’s senior emergency management advisor Clay Stamp to lead the state’s coordinated effort to combat the crisis. Read the Full Press Release

• March 31, 2017 Renewal of Executive Order Regarding Heroin, Opioid and Fentanyl Overdose Crisis
• March 1, 2017 Executive Order Regarding Heroin, Opioid and Fentanyl Overdose Crisis
• February 13, 2015 Inter-Agency Heroin and Opioid Coordinating Council
• February 13, 2015 Heroin and Opioid Emergency Task Force

Prescribing Opioids for Pain — The New CDC Clinical Practice Guideline

CDC has released the 2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain, which updates and replaces the 2016 guideline.

Non-Opioid Treatments for Chronic Pain

Learn more at the CDC website

Visit Before it's too Late MD's Response to the Opioid Epidemic

Gov. Larry Hogan joined actor Michael Kelly to film a Public Service Announcement raising awareness of the heroin and opioid epidemic in Maryland.

Published March 2, 2017