With fatal overdoses down in Maryland, Commission on Public Health meets in Hagerstown

Leadership from a state-sanctioned commission on public health came to Hagerstown on Thursday for their second listening session designed to gather feedback and improve health outcomes for Marylanders. “For many years the people in this room have been pursuing this ‘Great White Whale,’ which is improved health outcomes,” said Garrett County Health Officer Bob Stephens, alluding to Herman Melville’s 1851 novel “Moby-Dick” and speaking to about a dozen professionals in a Washington County Health Department facility in Hagerstown at 925 North Burhans Blvd.