Baltimore City Council Opioid hearing canceled, politicians at odds about why 

By Tashi McQueen& AFRO Political Writertmcqueen@afro.comBaltimore City Councilman Mark Conway (D-District 4) was set to lead a legislative oversight hearing on July 10 about Baltimore’s recently revealed opioid crisis, but it was abruptly canceled.The cancellation led to a public exchange about why it was called off when Conway released a statement on the matter, saying he didn’t agree to cancel the hearing.The anticipated Baltimore City Council hearing on Baltimore’s opioid crisis, led by Councilman Mark Conway (D-District 4), was abruptly canceled on July 10. Photo credit: Photo courtesy of Kyle Pompey/Baltimore City Council“I specifically asked that we hold off on any decision on the hearing until I had a strong understanding and agreement from the administration on how we were going to go forward. We did not get that,” Conway told the AFRO. “The purpose of the hearing was to understand the problem, and I’ve requested private hearings with the agencies that could help me understand the problem. I thought we were working towards understanding what that might look like. Instead, I was offered a meeting with the city solicitor.”Conway expressed that he didn’t believe that a meeting with the city solicitor would be the best way to gain the...