In 2017, the state of Maryland was one of the first six states in the country to declare a state of emergency due to the opioid crisis.  Over the past two years, efforts have been made at the highest level of state government to reduce the number of overdoses, increase treatment facilities and options, and increase a greater amount of oversight to prevent the over prescribing of pain medicines containing an opioid.  Lt. Governor Boyd Rutherford has taken the lead in these efforts.  Here he talks candidly about what the state has accomplished and the struggle to make a difference as this epidemic rages on.