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Starting this week, doctors in Delaware have new rules governing how they prescribe opiates. The regulations are designed to curb opiate addiction, and…
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In the summer of 2016 the Dover Police Department teamed up with an addiction recovery center to divert opiate users into treatment and away from crime,…
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Delaware is responding to the ongoing opioid epidemic with some new regulations on prescription painkillers. Delaware’s Division of Professional…
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In 2012, the First State saw only 15 overdose deaths involving fentanyl. That number soared to 42 deaths in 2015.But 2016 has seen an alarming uptick in…
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Opioid withdrawal symptoms often coincide with other health conditions that bring people to the hospital. Christiana Care is trying something new to help…
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The First State is planning to take thousands of pounds of drugs off the streets this weekend.The state is opening more than two dozen collection sites…
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Delaware’s two U.S. senators are taking their Republican counterparts to task for not funding legislation to help fight the nation’s opioid addiction…
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Delaware’s Department of Justice announced Thursday that it’s providing funds to state law enforcement agencies to purchase approximately 450 naloxone…
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The New Castle County Police Department is launching a new program called Hero Help: a hybrid program designed to help get drug abusers help instead of…
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Delaware is closer to creating it’s own New Deal style jobs program after the state senate approved the bill 13-7 largely along party lines Thursday. It’s…