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