Drug Abuse: SC Has ‘Significant Problem’ With Prescription-Drug Abuse, Report Says

SC has ‘significant problem’ with prescription-drug abuse, report says
Filed under: Drug Abuse

“State authorities do not have a rigorous, systemic understanding of South Carolina’s painkiller problem,” Inspector General Patrick J. Maley wrote in his report. “However, from ad hoc national data, South Carolina clearly has a significant problem that is likely worse than an average state.”
{Source}

 

Heroin Task Force presents first public forum on prescription drug abuse
Filed under: Drug Abuse

The heart-wrenching story of a school principal who lost his son to drugs and the first-person story of a woman’s heroin addiction gripped the attention of parents attending the first Community Forum on Prescription Drug Abuse presented by the Delaware County Heroin Task Force.
{Source}