Why Should Delaware Care?Delaware and other states have won $55 billion to date in ongoing legal battles with opioid manufacturers and distributors and subsequently directed that money to programs designed to abate the overdose crisis across the United States. But in Delaware — a state with a particularly serve drug epidemic — the use of those dollars had some officials calling for a pause in funding.
Two years ago, a nonprofit run by a prominent Wilmington businessman received $475,000 from the State of Delaware to help it build and launch an addiction resource center within an old charter school building on the city’s north side.
On Thursday, Delaware State Auditor Lydia York published a report stating that the nonprofit – the Congo Legacy Center – did not properly spend or did not sufficiently document spending for nearly half of its grant…