Feb 11, 2020 | Awards, Blog, Opioids, Prescription Drugs, Prevention
[vc_single_image image=”7924″ img_size=”full”] The purpose of this contest is to give youth a platform to speak to their peers about the impacts of opioid misuse. Contest submissions to lradacprevention@gmail.com will be accepted until April...
Nov 21, 2019 | Grants, LRADAC, News, Opioids
[vc_single_image image=”7708″ img_size=”full”]Columbia, SC – LRADAC received a grant from the South Carolina Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services (DAODAS) to focus on enhancing and expanding opioid prevention programs, policies...
Feb 11, 2019 | Blog, Marijuana, Opioids
[vc_single_image image=”6743″ img_size=”full”] The gravity of the opioid epidemic facing the nation today is a public health concern that most people are aware of and are looking to take action against. In our home state of South Carolina...
Aug 13, 2018 | Alcohol, Blog, Heroin, Marijuana, Methamphetamine, Opioids, Prescription Drugs
[vc_single_image image=”6120″ img_size=”full”]Many argue that addiction or having a substance use disorder is a choice and not a disease. While there is no dispute that choices are initially made that can lead to the development of a substance...
Jun 29, 2018 | Opioids, Prescription Drugs
“It starts in the medicine cabinet,” says Shauna Cooper, LRADAC Director of Prevention. Cooper is referring to prescription drug misuse and the development of substance use disorders due to that misuse. Most people who are prescribed a prescription medication are able...
May 9, 2018 | Blog, Opioids
[vc_single_image image=”5883″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_custom_heading text=”What is the Opioid Epidemic and How Can We Help?” use_theme_fonts=”yes”]There were 42,249 accidental overdose deaths...
