by Amanda Edwards | Feb 11, 2020 | Awards, Blog, Opioids, Prescription Drugs, Prevention
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 lradacprevention@gmail.com will be accepted until April 30, 2020. Prize Options $30 Gift Card for each team member$25 Gift Card...
by Amanda Edwards | Nov 21, 2019 | Grants, LRADAC, News, Opioids
Columbia, SC – LRADAC received a grant from the South Carolina Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services (DAODAS) to focus on enhancing and expanding opioid prevention programs, policies and practices in Richland and Lexington Counties. LRADAC was awarded...
by Amanda Edwards | Feb 11, 2019 | Blog, Marijuana, Opioids
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 take action against. In our home state of South Carolina alone, DAODAS found that 1 in 4 people who are prescribed opioids struggle...
by Amanda Edwards | Aug 13, 2018 | Alcohol, Blog, Heroin, Marijuana, Methamphetamine, Opioids, Prescription Drugs
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 initially made that can lead to the development of a substance use disorder (SUD), the choice itself is beside the point. According...
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 | 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...
