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 Lexington County man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after being found guilty of trafficking heroin.
The Saluda County Sheriff’s Office says three individuals were arrested for trafficking heroin.
Deputies in Newberry County say a Whitmire woman is in custody after they found a large amount of drugs in her home. Investigators say Teresa Ammons is charged with trafficking meth, trafficking heroin, trafficking cocaine, possession of controlled substance, possession and manufacturing of a controlled substance, and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.
According to U.S. Attorney Peter M. McCoy Jr., an Irmo man was sentenced to 19 years in prison after he plead guilty to drug and firearm charges.
The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department says they arrested two women following a community tip about drug activity in a Red Bank home.
he Lexington County Sheriff’s Department says narcotics agents arrested a man originally wanted on traffic charges, after he ran from them with drugs in his pocket.
The West Columbia Police and Fire Departments are hoping to educate residents about the dangers of opioid abuse, by screening a documentary on the subject.
(ABC News) – The Drug Enforcement Administration is out with a new report on heroin use in the United States and the news is grim. Deaths from heroin overdoses have spiked in recent years, tripling between 2010 to 2014, according to the DEA National Heroin Threat Assessment Summary, released this week. In 2014, the most recent year of the study,…
CVS is going to sell the heroin overdose antidote Narcan in 20 more states this year. It already sells the drug in 15 states. (CNN) — CVS said it will stock the heroin overdose antidote Narcan in Ohio pharmacies next month, the first of 20 states where it plans to expand sales this year. CVS is already stocking Narcan in…
