Treating Drug Addiction in Baltimore

The Open Society Institute-Baltimore's Tackling Drug Addiction Treatment Initiative seeks to ensure universal access to treatment services for all in need regardless of income or insurance status. The initiative focuses on three priority areas: 1) using the opportunity of health care reform to help Baltimore City and Maryland as a whole reach nearly universal access to a comprehensive, high-quality public treatment system; 2) ensuring access to high quality public substance use disorder services for those that remain uninsured after the 2014 health care reform implementation; and 3) facilitating the creation of and help to sustain a strong, diverse addiction treatment advocacy community, inclusive of those most affected by substances use disorder services policies.