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Charleston Center News

• Charleston Center is designated as a Community Distributor of naloxone Letter from Sara Goldsby, Director SC DAODAS 11-14-18
• Opioids a health emergency The Post and Courier-opinion-editorials, Charleston, 12-20-17
• Mount Pleasant group gathers police, lieutenant governor to discuss how opioid crisis is "decimating" area. The Post and Courier, Charleston, 9-25-17
• Amid opioid crisis, Mount Pleasant police first in SC to launch recovery-focused program The Post and Courier, Charleston, 8-5-18
• Commentary: How Charleston County is using data to cut jail populations The Post and Courier-opinion-commentary, Charleston, 9-4-18
• Charleston jail reform group awarded additional $2.46 million grant The Post and Courier, Charleston, 10-24-18
• Opportunities for Prevention and Intervention of Opioid Overdose in the Emergency Department Annuals of Emergency Medicine Volume 71, No. 6 June 2018
• Opioid Overdoses Treated in Emergency Departments cdc.gov-vitalsigns-opioid-overdoses-index 2018
• S.C. teen who died of heroin overdose was never offered key addiction treatment The Post and Courier, Charleston, 4-15-18
• Local Jail Population down 13% due to innovative community efforts Moultrie News 4-11-18