Delaware Flags Ordered to Half-Staff in Honor of Overdose Awareness Month & International Overdose Awareness Day

Delaware Governor Matt Meyer ordered all flags at state buildings and facilities to be flown at half-staff in honor of Overdose Awareness Month and International Overdose Awareness Day.

Governor Matt Meyer issued the following statement:

“In honor of Overdose Awareness Month and International Overdose Awareness Day on August 31, I am ordering the Delaware state flag to be flown at half-staff.

We remember the lives lost to overdose – sons, daughters, parents, and friends whose absence is felt across our communities. Lowering our flag is a small gesture, but it says these lives mattered and that our state stands with every family touched by this crisis. No community, large or small, is untouched. To every family who has lost someone, and to everyone in recovery: you are not alone.

As Delawareans, we feel the urgency to recommit to action by expanding treatment, improving access to recovery, reducing stigma, and supporting those on the front lines of this epidemic.

The Delaware flag at state buildings and facilities is to be flown at half-staff beginning today, August 31, and ending tomorrow, September 1, at noon.

US Flags and state flags were ordered to half-staff on August 25th in accordance with President Trump’s order and as a mark of respect for the life and legacy of Dolly Parton and to remain at half-staff until sunset on September 1st.