City Council to examine city’s overdose response after Banner/Times report

The Baltimore City Council will hold a hearing to examine the city’s response to its unprecedented overdose epidemic in the wake of findings published in recent weeks in a joint investigation by The Baltimore Banner and The New York Times. Councilman Mark Conway, chair of the public safety and government operations committee, plans to introduce legislation on Monday to convene a hearing in late June, though he noted in an interview that he thinks the council will need more than one meeting to cover the issue.