2017-02-15

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 board member on Delaware’s atTAck addiction , want to see an increase in education about opioids and access to care. Humes’ son, Greg, died from a heroin overdose five years ago. “And when he overdosed - the people he was with - they lifted him up, they put him in his car, they drove him to a hospital parking lot and there they just walked away from the car and just left him there,” Humes said. Greg was found about an hour later, but his father said it was too late - he had died. “He was a kind, caring kid, and anybody who ever met him - even if you met him once or twice, they always he had one word to describe him, and that ‘sweet’,” Humes said. “He wasn’t somebody who pushed boundaries and pushed the envelopes. He was really sort of a quiet, shy, person until he got to know somebody.” Humes said although any overdose or epidemic is

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