(Columbia, SC) -- Opioid deaths are on the rise on South Carolina.
Over 11-hundred people died of overdoses in 2018, with over 800 of those involving opioids.
Data from the South Carolina Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services shows opioid deaths up in several counties, but they declined in Richland County in 2019.
There were 71 opioid-related deaths there last year, compared to 90 in 2017.