opioid crisis

Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings announced the state is part of a tentative settlement with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family for their role in the opioid epidemic.

A new state commission overseeing the distribution of funds to address the harms created by opioid addiction met for the first time Monday.

Gov. John Carney signed a bill this week directing funds toward addressing the state’s opioid crisis. The bill wraps up years of work by the Attorney…

Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester is pushing a bill that aims to chip away at the opioid crisis by focusing on fentanyl. Overdose deaths have been…

Illicit fentanyl continues to accelerate overdoses in Delaware. Last year Delaware had a record 447 drug overdose deaths. That number has been steadily…

A former Delaware doctor has been found guilty of unlawful distribution of drugs. A federal jury convicted Patrick Titus of Milford Wednesday for 13…

Delaware is signing on to the multistate settlement with Johnson & Johnson and several distributors over opioid painkillers. This week a group of state…

Delaware is among states still remaining in a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma for the company’s role in the national opioid crisis.Court documents filed…

A federal judge hands down prison time to a Claymont man convicted for selling large amounts of the lethal synthetic opioid fentanyl. Charles Crest of…

The state continues to offer incentives for medical providers to start treating opioid use disorder.The Delaware Division of Substance Abuse and Mental…