Amanda Edwards Jun 1 2021 AwardsLRADACNews
Columbia, SC — CARF International has announced that LRADAC, the Lexington/Richland Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council, has been accredited for a period of three years for its full offering of inpatient and outpatient substance misuse treatment programs including...
Amanda Edwards Apr 30 2021 AwardsLRADACNews
Columbia, SC – LRADAC, the designated substance misuse authority for Lexington and Richland Counties, has been awarded a Top Workplaces 2021 honor by the Top Workplaces organization. The Top Workplaces list is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a...
Amanda Edwards Mar 26 2021 LRADACLRADAC FoundationPrevention
Story featured in the Lexington County Chronicle and Dispatch-News. Black Balloon Day Highlights Substance Use Disorders Two years ago, Gracie lost her father to substance misuse. Twenty years ago, Roxanne lost her sister to an overdose. Last Saturday, they met for...
Amanda Edwards Mar 2 2021 LRADACNewsPrevention
Columbia, SC – According to recent reports from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the rate of overdose deaths in the US has continued to accelerate during the pandemic, rising 38.4% during the year leading up to June 2020. In South Carolina alone, statistics...
Amanda Edwards Dec 2 2020 LRADACNewsPrevention
After a year marked by the first global pandemic, social isolation, and rising unemployment—not to mention political and social turmoil—an overwhelming majority of Americans are looking forward to the holidays and a fresh start in 2021. But for those people challenged...
Amanda Edwards Sep 10 2020 BlogLRADACNews
In response to recently posted misinformation on social media regarding LRADAC’s use of Medically Assisted Treatment (MAT), we want to assure our patients and partners that we are an official MAT provider—one of many substance misuse treatment approaches that we...
