Members of the General Assembly, distinguished guests, and my fellow marylanders, it is an honor to appear before this 437th session of the General Assembly to give a report on the state of our great state. It was on a snowy day just two years ago when i stood before you in this very spot, in this beautiful historic chamber, to take the oath of office as marylands new governor. I was truly humbled, and deeply grateful for the opportunity to serve my fellow marylanders. I was full of hope, hope for our state, hope for our people, and hope for our future. Yet i was also fully aware that our state was facing some difficult challenges. It was an opportunity for a new beginning, and a new direction. We pledge to put maryland on a new path. With the revitalized spirit of bipartisan cooperation, where we could seek Commonsense Solutions to our problems, regardless of which side of the aisle those ideas came from. The work began immediately on day one to set a new course of economic growth, se
Continuing our conversation with all of you this morning about what it is like in your community, what are seeing, what are the problems and what do you think the solutions are . Those with experience with opioid, professionals and all other. To dan, a medical professional in hawaii. Line. S for waiting on the go ahead. Caller good morning. Thank you cspan for letting me talk in this forum. Was a cardiopulmonary specialist for 45 years and recently retired. 197075, 80, 85, i remember working in hospital emergency rooms, you saw many, many, many overdose patients. He patients we saw, i assisted treating, were patients from the African American community, the well, all spanics, as the ghetto areas. Wasnt a back then it problem. Apparently nobody thought nything of it, it was just a ghetto problem. Ah, just those people. Cases where opioids and where were they getting the opioid . From the street. No one bothered to research because it wasnt and im not trying to be a this, but s saying it
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