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The Charleston County Coroner’s Office (CCCO) began finding an unusual drug in autopsies of 2020 overdose victims: a commonly used veterinary sedative called xylazine.

The fifth annual "Light the Way for Hope" gathering on Aug. 31 outside of Mount Pleasant Town Hall delivered a message of optimism for those struggling with substance abuse, but

A man who tried to evade deputies serving a warrant led to the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office’s largest seizure of pure fentanyl.

Last week’s seizure of 2.5 pounds of illegal fentanyl from a Folly Road apartment is the largest seizure of synthetic heroin in the history of the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office.

Illicit fentanyl is taking lives at a startling rate in Charleston County.

Charleston County is receiving $900,000 from a national opioid settlement to use towards expanding treatment and prevention programs.