After years of rising drug overdose deaths in South Carolina, newly released data shows a hopeful change.
This comes as South Carolina has made more of an effort to increase availability and educate people about naloxone, an opioid overdose reversal drug. While an encouraging sign, local experts say a lot more work is needed.
“Now, they’re still high,” Dr. Kevin Walker, with Prisma Health in Greenville, said of the deaths. “It takes a while for things to evolve, and now we’re evolving in the better direction.”…