Poll Finds 29 Percent Of Marylanders Know Someone Addicted To Opioids

The Washington Post (10/17, Hicks, Craighill) reported a Washington Post-University of Maryland poll has found that “nearly 3 in 10 Marylanders say they have a close friend or family member who was or is addicted to opioids such as heroin and prescription pain pills.” The study highlights “the effect of a surge in opioid use that Gov. Larry Hogan (R) has described as a crisis and vowed to address.”

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— “In Maryland, 3 in 10 people have known someone addicted to opioids,” Josh Hicks and Peyton M. Craighill, Washington Post, October 17, 2015.

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