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Lt. Gov. Rutherford Listens to Cecil County, Shore Officials, Parents on Heroin Crisis; Task Force to Recommend Action Plan

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The heroin and drug abuse crisis plaguing Cecil County and Maryland will require money, commitment by state and local governments and involvement of medical experts and families affected by drug abuse, local officials and area residents told a new state task force in Elkton on Tuesday. Cecil County Executive Tari Moore claimed credit for reducing drug overdose deaths in the county in 2014, but in fact state statistics on the total number of drug-related deaths are not yet available and for much of last year Cecil County was on track for a record number of drug overdose deaths. Cecil County had the dubious distinction on 3/17/15 of being the first stop on a planned tour around the state by the Heroin and Opioid Emergency Task Force convened by new Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and chaired by Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford. (In 2011, Cecil County had the highest drug overdose death rate, on a per capita population-adjusted basis, in the state—even higher than the city of Baltimore.) “This is a problem that does not have an easy, or overnight, solution,” Rutherford said in Elkton. He said the task force would look for a “holistic approach to fight this public health emergency.” […]

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