Seek Treatment, Access to Naloxone: Three Suspected Heroin Overdose Deaths in Sussex Co. Involving Same Packet Stamp
Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Newsroom | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 13, 2019
NEW CASTLE (March 13, 2019) – Health and public safety officials are urging people in active use of heroin or other opioids and their families to seek immediate treatment and acquire the overdose-reversing medication naloxone on hand in the wake of three suspected heroin overdose deaths in five days in Sussex County involving the same […]
DPH Launches Smartphone App Featuring Lifesaving Instructions to Reverse an Opioid Overdose
Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 13, 2019
The Division of Public Health launched a new smartphone app that provides lifesaving step-by-step instructions on how to use naloxone during an opioid overdose.
Delaware Will Issue April Food Benefits on April 13 to Reduce Hardships, Help Individuals and Families Budget
Delaware Health and Social Services | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 13, 2019
NEW CASTLE (March 13, 2019) – To reduce hardships on families and individuals in Delaware and to help households budget their monthly Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, the Department of Health and Social Services is announcing that it will issue all April food benefits on April 13 rather than staggering them across a three-week […]
Free Training for Adults Willing to Coach Families with Loved Ones Suffering from Addiction, Mental Health Issues
Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, March 11, 2019
Three-days of training hosted by DSAMH and atTAcK addiction NEW CASTLE (March 11, 2019) – The Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health (DSAMH) and atTAcK addiction are collaborating to host a free training session March 29-31 at Caravel Academy in Bear for Delaware parents, other adult family members and caregivers willing to coach families […]
Wilmington Man Pleads Guilty to 2017 Murder
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, March 8, 2019
Prosecutors also secure convictions for firearm, drug dealing, and racketeering charges A 40-year-old man who left a trail of blood from a homicide scene to his apartment complex pled guilty to murder. In October 2017, Timothy Jones stabbed a female victim numerous times inside a Porta-Potty in Kirkwood Park on the 600 block of East […]
