Annapolis

Annual cocaine overdose deaths on rise in Maryland

Belinda Barksdale of Bmore POWER, a harm reduction and opioid education group, demonstrates how to use a fentanyl test strip at a distribution event Wednesday, September 11, 2019, at Northeast Market in Baltimore. Cocaine-related deaths have spiked in recent years, due in large part to the proliferation of fentanyl, state health department figures show. (Capital News Service/Ian Round)