Delaware | NonOpioidChoices

State Facts

287

Deaths or 80.6% of all overdose deaths in the year ending April 2025 involved opioids.¹

187,662

Claims, or 3.9% of all Medicare Part D claims were for opioids in 2023 – an average of 43 per prescriber.²

39.5

Opioid Prescriptions were written for every 100 persons in Delaware in 2023.³

$13.3 Billion

the estimated total societal cost of opioid use disorder (OUD) in Delaware in 2024.⁴

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Opioid Settlement Funds

$197,360,387.43

State Spending Recommendation

The Prescription Opioid Settlement Distribution Commission (POSDC) outlines settlement recommendations and oversees funding targeting harm reduction, primary and secondary prevention, workforce development, and research and data collection.

See the Prescription Opioid Settlement Tracker HERE.

Member & Endorser Footprint

Voices is backed by a broad coalition of organizations across the state united by a shared goal: ensuring patients have access to safe, effective,  and individualized pain management throughout the continuum of care.

Co-Sponsors (119th)

Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE)

Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE-At Large )

1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025). Provisional Drug Overdose Death Counts. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/drug-overdose-data.htm

2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025). Medicare Part D Opioid Prescribing Mapping Tool. https://cms-oeda.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=5390718d875d4c049b1ac5976a9ff083

3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025). Opioid Dispensing Rate Maps. https://www.cdc.gov/overdose-prevention/data-research/facts-stats/opioid-dispensing-rate-maps.html

4. Avalere Health (2025). The cost of addiction: Opioid use disorder in the United States. https://advisory.avalerehealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Avalere-Health-White-Paper_The-cost-of-opioid-addiction_OUD-in-the-United-States.pdf