This site is a service of the Somerset County Health Department and the Somerset County Opioid Misuse Prevention Program (OMPP) and is funded by the State of Maryland’s Department of Health (MDH) and SAMHSA.  This site was created to provide information about:

• Local treatment providers in Somerset County, MD                                                                                                                              2023 TRI-COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH RESOURCE GUIDE
• Drug Take Back Boxes and safe drug disposal
• Maryland’s Good Samaritan Law
• Opioids, Heroin, Fentanyl, and Overdose
• Naloxone and Narcan  
• And other resources available

For more information you can call Somerset County Health Department 

                                                    443-523-1700

 

Overdose Data To Date: 

As of October 2023, a total of 29 Somerset County residents have experienced a non-fatal opioid overdose, and sadly 11 lives have now been lost due to an opioid overdose.      

 

In The News:

August 2023: Xylazine is in Maryland: What You Need to Know to Stay Safe

https://beforeitstoolate.maryland.gov/xylazine/?fbclid=IwAR2Eu7EpSqKNQVNqNYJIvjv2wUlmyA9niTa2poSAL1yIiIlMOcXErMt_hk8

 

July 2023: White House announces plan to fight fentanyl laced with Xylazine

https://scrippsnews.com/stories/white-house-announces-plan-to-fight-fentanyl-laced-with-xylazine/

 

March 2023: “Fentanyl Use and Overdoses are Surging. This Affects All of Us”

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/commentary/story/2023-03-17/opinion-the-fentanyl-crisis-affects-us-all-as-its-use-and-overdoses-soar

 

 

 

 

 

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