New Year’s Day has been the deadliest day of the year for overdoses, a Banner analysis of a decade of autopsy data found.

Part of Mayor Brandon Scott’s solution to the drug crisis in Baltimore, where two people die from overdose every day, is proving to be a tough sell for state lawmakers: bringing sanctioned ...

Advocates for legal marijuana say it helps free up police resources and reduces crime related to the illicit drug market. But ...

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New reporting led by The Baltimore Banner and the New York Times indicates that Black men 54-73 are the hardest hit by ...

BALTIMORE -- Baltimore City State's Attorney Ivan Bates announced the takedown of four criminal organizations involved in drug-trafficking Monday morning. Mayor Brandon Scott, Governor Wes Moore ...

BALTIMORE (TNND) — A Baltimore unit of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested eight people last month who ...

BALTIMORE -- Seven of ten defendants who were accused of participating in a drug trafficking operation in northwest Baltimore plead guilty and were sentenced Monday, according to the Maryland ...

Baltimore addiction programs draw patients with free housing while collecting millions. Some say one company offered little help.

In a groundbreaking initiative aimed at tackling the city’s ongoing drug crisis, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott has proposed the establishment of supervised drug consumption sites. This ...

In Chicago and dozens of other U.S. cities, the recent rise of fentanyl has put older Black men in particular jeopardy.