by Amanda Edwards | Feb 28, 2024 | Announcement, LRADAC, News, Prevention
Honoring 201 individuals lost to overdoses in Richland and Lexington Counties: 2023 overdose fatalities represent a slight decrease from 2022 numbers Columbia, SC –To honor the 201 residents of Richland and Lexington Counties who lost their lives to substance...
by Amanda Edwards | May 10, 2023 | Announcement, LRADAC, News
Lexington, SC – In a novel harm reduction strategy to help combat overdoses for recently released inmates, LRADAC has partnered with the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department and the Lexington County Detention Center to offer free Narcan for recently released...
by Amanda Edwards | Mar 1, 2023 | Blog, Heroin, Opioids, Prescription Drugs, Prevention, Treatment
Narcan can save someone’s life you didn’t know was using. For the first time in United States history, there were over 100,000 overdose deaths in 12 months. Fentanyl is increasingly responsible for the growing amount of accidental overdoses. Currently,...
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...
by Amanda Edwards | Jul 14, 2020 | Alcohol, Heroin, LRADAC, Marijuana, Methamphetamine, News, Opioids, Prescription Drugs, Vaping
Columbia, SC – With over 3 million confirmed cases and approximately 140,000 deaths in the United States alone, the coronavirus pandemic has caused unprecedented health and safety concerns for nearly every part of our society. In South Carolina, the pandemic continues...
