by Amanda Edwards | May 1, 2019 | Blog, LRADAC Foundation
In December of 2011, LRADAC realized that the ability to pay was often a challenge for individuals and families in the Midlands seeking treatment for substance misuse disorders. That’s when the LRADAC Foundation (formerly known as the Healing Families Foundation) was...
by Amanda Edwards | 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...
by Amanda Edwards | Jun 5, 2018 | Blog, Heroin
America is experiencing an increase in heroin abuse, in part due to the prescription opioid epidemic. As a result of the country enforcing stricter regulations on opioid prescriptions, opiate users are turning to heroin, a much cheaper and more powerful alternative....
by Amanda Edwards | May 9, 2018 | Blog, Opioids
There were 42,249 accidental overdose deaths in the United States in 2016 (CDC). People from all over the country are calling it the opioid crisis or the opioid epidemic, and here in South Carolina, Governor Henry McMaster has declared opioid addiction a public health...
by Amanda Edwards | May 7, 2014 | News
This Mother’s Day, LRADAC’s treatment program for pregnant women struggling with addiction to alcohol or drugs is celebrating 100 healthy newborns. The Maternal Outreach Management Services (MOMS) program, a program of LRADAC’s Transformation Institute for Women, uses...
