Director of Public Health with DHEC, Dr. Brannon Traxler, says the 2021 data shows the total number of drug overdose deaths increased by more than 25% from 2020 to 2021.
A bill targeting Fentanyl sales in SC is advancing in the State House.
At the State House, lawmakers are considering a bill that would bring homicide charges for Fentanyl overdose deaths in the State.
The Kershaw County Sheriff’s Office is seeing a spike is drug overdoses in the last few days, some that have turned deadly
The Federal Government is cracking down on fentanyl.
Columbia, SC (WOLO) — The Columbia Police Department’s Organized Crime and Narcotics Unit have taken thousands of pills authorities believe are imitation fentanyl off the street. Image: Alvin S. Glenn Detention center Police say during a traffic stop in the 800 block of Harden Street officers pulled over 52 year old Loria Ann Leal and 52 year old Eufracio Rodriguez,…
There has been a sharp increase in the number of teens overdosing on pills laced with fentanyl.
Fentanyl is prescribed in anesthesia or pain management but in much lower doses than the fentanyl-laced pills on the streets.
The Department of Justice says a Columbia man has been sentenced to four years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute and distribution of fentanyl.
Tailor apologized to the courtroom but was eventually sentenced to the maximum time of 20 years in prison for his charges.
