Author: Cindy Sharon

January 2nd, 2017 by WCBC Radio Drug overdoses now kill far more Marylanders and Americans than car crashes and homicides, and officials already know 2016 was be far worse than the year before. There were 1,468 fatal overdoses statewide through September of this year, eclipsing the 1,259 deaths for all of 2015, Maryland’s health department reported. The number has more than doubled since 2010 in Maryland, one of about 30 states to report such a spike, and the data link those deaths to a group of drugs known as opioids. Fatal overdoses rose for blacks and whites, men and women, young and old, and in every corner of the state. Read more here:  https://www.wcbcradio.com/?news=maryland-drug-overdose-deaths-exceed-2015s-grim-tally

December 28th, 2016 by WCBC Radio In Maryland, heroin-related deaths tripled from 2011 to 2015, rising from 247 to 748, according to the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. The death rate from drug overdoses in the state is the fifth-worst in the country, and it’s only likely to get worse, experts say. In the early 2000s, the popularity of heroin and opioids as illegal narcotics soared in Maryland around the same time as overdose deaths due to drugs or alcohol began to increase, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The numbers are growing worse by the month. Delegate Wendell Beitzel said that it has become obvious that this is not an issue that can be dealt with by simply arresting those found to be using…Visit https://www.wcbcradio.com/?post_type=news&p=35152

Christmas Spirit Children’s Program at 10:45 AM Sunday, December 18th at Mtn. Lake Baptist Church at 1005 Broadford Road, Oakland, Maryland 21550.

Tuesday, December 20, 2016 6:00 Garrett County Commissioners Annual County Update HELD AT GARRETT COLLEGE AUDITORIUM