Almost 5,000 people have died from drug overdoses in Baltimore in the past five years alone.
Despite a drop in deaths last year, recent mass overdoses in Penn North show there is still a serious problem, and the city council tried to get to a deeper understanding at an oversight hearing Tuesday.
Surviving an overdose
Joseph Calloway Jr. told WJZ Investigates he was one of at least 27 people who overdosed at Penn North on July 10.
“When I took that hit, it was like a chill came through my body,” Calloway said. “My cousin was like, ‘Are you alright?’ I said, ‘I’m cool,’ and then in about 15 or 20 minutes, I was gone. I wasn’t good to anybody. If you’re ready to die, then keep doing what you’re doing.”…