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A U.S. District court has sentenced three brothers up to nine years in prison for selling enough fentanyl to kill hundreds of people. When law enforcement…
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Delaware saw another spike in opiate overdoses this week. And six people are now dead. Three deaths were reported hours apart on Monday in both Sussex and…
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Over the weekend – two Delawareans died of opioid overdoses in Sussex County.More than 20 additional overdoses in Delaware were reversed with naloxone…
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New Castle County Police are investigating what appears to be four heroin-related overdose deaths in a span of five hours. The deaths occurred Sunday…
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Delaware saw an alarming uptick in overdose-related deaths in 2016, and about one-third are fentanyl-related. And that’s why people like Dave Humes, a…
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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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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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State officials are trying to tighten down regulations controlling how - and how often - Delaware doctors can prescribe opioid painkillers. The goal, they…
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Overdose deaths from a synthetic opioid called Fentanyl are on the rise in the First State. Fentanyl is more powerful than morphine and used to treat…
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On October 15, the CDC released a report that recommended that Delaware and seven other states, take action to curb overprescribing of opioid drugs to…