r/mildlyinteresting • u/Flederschnauz • 6d ago

City administration of my town opened the door next to the place people like to have a drink

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u/Larkfin 6d ago

Baltimore?

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u/namerankserial 6d ago

Does Baltimore really have more of an injectable drug problem than the West coast cities? I kind of doubt it.

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u/Larkfin 6d ago

This is a question easily answered by a quick search. Baltimore has far and away the highest rate of death due to opioid use among areas with greater than 500k people at 190 per 100k. Then Shelby County TN (Memphis) at 103, Multnomah County OR (Portland) at 94.

So Baltimore is more than twice the rate of any comparably sized West coast population center.

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u/namerankserial 6d ago

Well then.  Jesus Baltimore.  

I expect this includes prescription/oral opiates?  But still even if that's higher as a percentage in Baltimore, they're way higher overall.  Thanks for doing the quick search that I should have.  West coast seems feels like the epicentre being there, but I guess not.