SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), overdose deaths have decreased nationwide by almost 27% in the past year, and are projected to reach their lowest level since 2019.
“You realize you have a problem, you know true leadership is dealing with the problem and then putting the plan in place, and I believe that’s probably what’s happening nationwide,” said Spartanburg Co. coroner Rusty Clevenger.
Clevenger’s data showed overdose deaths in Spartanburg Co. skyrocketed during Covid. He said it was then that he and state officials knew they not only needed to track the deaths, but exactly where these drugs were coming from and which ones were the cause…