drugs

April 26, 2013

More than 17,000 people in Baltimore are addicted to an illegal substance.  That’s about 3.3 percent of the population—higher than the national average.  

In this week's episode of “The Lines Between Us,” we’ll hear how inequality in the Baltimore region looks, from your point of view. Then, former President of Mexico Vicente Fox, on how America's War on Drugs plays out in Mexico. And continuing a Maryland Morning St. Patrick's Day tradition, guitarist Robin Bullock joins Tom Hall in studio.

March 18, 2013

In mid-century Baltimore, aspiring black entrepreneurs had a hard time finding capital to launch businesses. A man known as "Little Willie" Adams used a fortune he'd made running an illegal lottery to fill that gap. Today on the Lines Between Us, University of Maryland law professor Larry Gibson, who handled some of Willie Adams's loans, will tell us Little Willie's story.