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Black Balloon Day 2023: Remembering Lives Lost to Substance Use Disorders

Black Balloon Day 2023: Remembering Lives Lost to Substance Use Disorders

by Amanda Edwards | Feb 27, 2023 | LRADAC, News, Prevention

Columbia, SC – Drug overdose is the leading cause of accidental death in the United States, and opioid addiction drives this epidemic. Americans are more likely to die of an opioid overdose than from a car accident or gun. And according to a recent report from DHEC,...
LRADAC to host Black Balloon art installation in honor of 172 Individuals lost to overdoses in Richland and Lexington Counties

LRADAC to host Black Balloon art installation in honor of 172 Individuals lost to overdoses in Richland and Lexington Counties

by Amanda Edwards | Mar 2, 2022 | LRADAC, News, Prevention

Columbia, SC –172 residents of Richland and Lexington Counties lost their lives to substance overdoses in 2021—an alarming rise that follows national trends in the increasing numbers of substance misuse-related deaths. To call attention to the continuous rise in...
Remembering Lives Lost to Overdose

Remembering Lives Lost to Overdose

by Amanda Edwards | Mar 26, 2021 | LRADAC, LRADAC Foundation, Prevention

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...
Black Balloon Day: Remembering Lives Lost to Substance Use Disorders

Black Balloon Day: Remembering Lives Lost to Substance Use Disorders

by Amanda Edwards | Mar 2, 2021 | LRADAC, News, Prevention

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...

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