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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Also note that opioid addiction is a huge issue in many of these counties--are you prepared for needles in the park, people OD'ing in the bathrooms of libraries, etc.?[/quote]

Yes, the rural town playgrounds and libraries are littered with drug needles and people are OD'ing everywhere.  love this forum... [/quote]

Sure, make fun of it. But in Carroll, Harford, and Anne Arundel Counties, the librarians have been trained to administer Narcan after people OD'd at libraries there: http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/bs-md-library-opioid-resources-0809-story.html. At the Westminster branch of the Carroll County library, the librarians administered it to one person in the library and two people in the cemetery behind the library from December to August: http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/local/cc-library-opioid-resources-20170804-story.html

Frederick County bought a billboard showing how many overdoses there are, and their law enforcement had to step up the protective gear they wear on calls to protect against fentanyl exposure. https ://wamu.org/story/17/06/01/spike-deadly-synthetic-opioids-rock-western-maryland/. The local newspaper has a "heroin's toll" page on its website: https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/continuing_coverage/heroin/

And Frederick doesn't have it the worst. In the county with Martinsburg WV (end of the MARC line), the opioid death rate in 2015 was 42 out of every 100,000 people. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/03/upshot/opioid-drug-overdose-epidemic.html It didn't get better last year or this year.

These are the parents of your kid's future classmates. They're shopping at the same grocery store you will. If you go to the library you might see someone collapse and be given a shot of narcan by the librarian. The local governments are having to devote an enormous amount of resources to handling this crisis and that affects the lives of everyone living there. It doesn't mean everyone should avoid living there (and I live in a city that certainly has its own share of issues!), but it's worth knowing.

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