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Cash rules everything in cities' responses to the OD crisis
For this week's Redux Newsletter, I spent seven hours in a courtroom listening to pharma bro lawyers defend massive opioid distributors — and survived.

Baltimore’s first overdose response chief endorses OPC and safe supply
Whaley praised the important work being done by the city’s existing harm reduction infrastructure. However, she emphasized there is more that can be done to save lives.

Harm reductionists flood Annapolis to push for drug policy reform
In this week's Redux Newsletter, I got some insight into how policy advocacy works in Annapolis. They're a rowdy bunch.

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Lived experience is crucial in guiding Baltimore’s overdose crisis response, new board members say
Mayor Brandon Scott swore in 20 members of the city’s new Opioid Restitution Advisory Board last week, eight of whom were chosen because of their personal history with substance use disorder and overdose.

Petty politics in the epicenter of the OD crisis
Welcome to the first edition of the Mobtown Redux newsletter. Let's talk about some political theater.