by Amanda Edwards | Sep 10, 2020 | Blog, LRADAC Foundation
My name is Lakeysha, and I am a person in long-term recovery. What that means is that I haven’t used any mood or mind-altering substances since August 29th, 2012. In 2005 I lost my significant other, and addiction took over my life, resulting in the loss of...
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...