According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Delaware ranks first in the country for the rate at which doctors prescribe certain high-dose opioids. The CDC also found that the top 1 percent of prescribers wrote 25 percent of all opioid prescriptions in the state.

http://www.delawareonline.com/story/opinion/editorials/2017/02/01/editorial-take-hard-line-prescription-drug-abuse/97359022/