The Lexington/Richland Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council held its annual Black Balloon Day — honoring lives lost to drug abuse in Lexington and Richland counties in 2022.
There has been a sharp increase in the number of teens overdosing on pills laced with fentanyl.
Police say they are investigating both deaths as suspected drug overdoses.
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– DHEC says new data released reveals overdose deaths in South Carolina increased significantly in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. The report from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental control shows from 2019 to 2020, the total number of opioid-involved overdose deaths increased by 59 percent, from 876 to 1400. Total drug overdoses also…
One local company is holding an event to honor the lives lost to drug overdoses. LRADAC is hosting Black Balloon Day Saturday at the DSS parking lot at 1070 South Lake Drive in Lexington.
