Drug samples collected in West Baltimore’s Penn North neighborhood after dozens of people overdosed there in a span of hours last Thursday included a new addition to the city’s illicit drug supply.

An unusually large number of overdoses sent crews searching alleys and homes for victims. Officials have not said what type of drug was involved. By John Yoon More than two dozen people were ...

A powerful veterinary sedative called medetomidine was found in two drug samples collected following a mass overdose earlier this month in Baltimore's Penn North community, Baltimore City Health ...

The open-air drug market at Baltimore’s Penn North neighborhood has been “beyond control” for the past 10 years, community activist Ray Kelly said Thursday. The solution, Kelly said, is more resources ...

Three mass overdose incidents involving roughly 45 people have shaken Baltimore’s Penn North neighborhood since July. Yet newly released citation data shows only a handful of tickets were written for ...

In Baltimore’s once-stable neighborhoods, some longtime residents say they feel trapped — hemmed in by open-air drug markets, persistent crime and some of the highest property taxes in Maryland. Even ...