Steadman Shipman News Today

Some 187 people in Charleston County died so far this year from drug overdoses — a 15% increase from the 162 people who fatally overdosed in the same time period last year, Charleston County Coroner Bobbi Jo O’Neal said today.

This fall, more school nurses across South Carolina will have an opioid overdose-reversal drug on hand and will be able to administer the medication.

Gov. Henry McMaster has officially signed a bill into law that will add overdose reversal drugs, such as Narcan, to the list of life-saving medications in schools.