Delaware’s Department of Health and Social Services provides its latest quarterly update on the state’s opioid crisis response.
The First State recently recorded a decrease in drug overdose deaths for the first time in a decade, and at Monday’s briefing, Division of Forensic Science Director John Evans says the numbers continue to trend down in the first quarter of 2024.
“There were 102 suspected drug deaths in the first quarter of ‘24, as compared to 138 suspected drug deaths in the first quarter of ‘23,” Evans says. “So again, this is a slight decrease and very encouraging.”
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