COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) — In 2022 alone, almost 2,300 South Carolinians died of drug overdoses. The past decade has seen an increase every year in the number of deaths. “We wanted to find a way to present this date in a realtime way which is why we created this dashboard,” said Chelsea Townsend, DHEC’s prescription monitoring program director. The dashboard…
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control and the Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services are warning South Carolinians to beware of ordering medication online without a prescription.
(CNN) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling for the Federal government to limit the cost of some prescription drugs. Pelosi’s new plan would give the Health and Human Services Secretary the authority to negotiate prices on some of the most expensive drugs that don’t have generic versions. The impacted medications would not be allowed to be sold at hiked…
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.
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–Saturday Local law enforcement are taking part in Prescription Drug Take Back Day. DHEC and local law enforcement are asking you to drop off any unused, expired, or unwanted prescription drugs at locations around the state participating in the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. According to DHEC, the DEA can only accept pills or…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Most doctors in South Carolina will soon be required to consult a database of patients’ medical history as a way to combat the state’s rampant prescription painkiller problem. Policy changes will direct any doctor who wants to bill either Medicaid or the state’s health plan for public workers to use the database. That’s been voluntary since…
