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... Read more »
Reel Scripts for Real Change: PSA Contest Information
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... Read more »
$50,000 awarded to LRADAC for opioid misuse prevention in Lexington and Richland
Columbia, SC – LRADAC received a grant from the South Carolina Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services (DAODAS) to focus on enhancing and... Read more »
Is Marijuana a Solution to the Opioid Epidemic?
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... Read more »
Addiction: Choice or Disease?
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... Read more »
Hidden Dangers of Prescription Drug Misuse
“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... Read more »
How is Opioid Addiction Treated?
What is the Opioid Epidemic and How Can We Help? There were 42,249 accidental overdose deaths in the United States in 2016 (CDC). People from... Read more »
Opioids: Just Plain Killers
1 in 4 people who are prescribed opioids struggle with addiction (DAODAS). This number may not seem as scary until you take into account that... Read more »