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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: President Rawlings Blake
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Informational Hearing - Heroin Addiction Treatment - Buprenorphine
FOR the purpose of requesting the Commissioner of Health to report to the City Council on the status of drug abuse treatment in Baltimore; the success of new treatment protocols; the prognosis for the efficacy of future substance abuse treatment, and the projected fiscal requirements to implement a proactive treatment program to successfully address the needs of Baltimore's addicted population in future years.
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As reported in, Heroin Addiction Treatment Correlates in Maryland: Revised March 12, 2007, by the Center for Health Program Development and Management, UMBC, as sponsored by the Annie E. Casey Foundation under a grant by the Baltimore City Health Department: "The societal burden associated with heroin addiction is substantial. Avoidable financial costs and personal suffering associated with such addiction include increased utilization of emergency health care services, increased crime, lost productivity, and increases in serious illness often leading to premature death. With regard to the financial burden alone, a recent review determined that heroin-associated medical, lost earnings, and illegal activity costs totaled approximately $20 billion per year in the United States alone."
In report on drug abuse in Maryland in 2007, the ...
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