DHEC Health Departments Equipped with ‘OD Safety Kits’ to Help Residents Save Family, Friends from Opioid Overdoses

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Important lifesaving news! Health Departments are now equipped with Overdose Safety Kits.

DHEC Health Departments Equipped with ‘OD Safety Kits’ to Help Residents Save Family, Friends from Opioid Overdoses | SCDHEC

Beloved Board Chairman Passes

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It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of our Board Chairman, Mr. Theodore Lewis, Jr.. Mr. Lewis had served on our board since 1989 and had been chairman from 1991 up until his retirement from the board in June of 2022. He saw this agency through many changes, including the ground-breaking and construction of our current building, the design of the new addition to our agency coming soon, creation of our ropes course, changing of our agency name, and much more. He was always kind and friendly to everyone he would meet and cared deeply for Shoreline. He guided us through so much over his tenure as our Chair, and he will be deeply missed.

Overdoses increasing due to fentanyl, Shoreline official tells Horry County leaders

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https://www.wbtw.com/news/grand-strand/horry-county/overdoses-increasing-due-to-fentanyl-shoreline-health-official-tells-horry-county-leaders/

Recommendations issued for spending SC’s $360M portion of $26B opioid lawsuit settlement

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Recommendations issued for spending SC’s $360M portion of $26B opioid lawsuit settlement (wmbfnews.com)

Temporary Change to Open Access Hours

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Starting next week (April 25th) our Open Access hours will be reduced to Monday, Wednesday and Friday only. There will be NO Open Access on Tuesday and Thursday. This is a temporary situation and we hope to be back to regular open access hours in a few weeks. Thank you for your patience and understanding.  Our Facebook account will be updated when we resume regular open access hours.

From OxyContin to fentanyl, Myrtle Beach’s current drug epidemic is ‘larger than ever’

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From OxyContin to fentanyl, Myrtle Beach’s current drug epidemic is ‘larger than ever’

More than 1,600 purple ribbons dotted the Collins Park grass in Conway amid a small congregation of residents. Many wore yellow shirts with “Got Recovery?” written in red on the back. A series of faces with a name and either “RIP” or “Revived” displayed on a nearby television screen to each picture’s left. This group had gathered August 31 in observance of International Overdose Awareness Day, and each ribbon represented a South Carolina resident whose life was lost to a drug overdose during 2020.

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