1209: South Carolina Sees Overdose Deaths Decline Through Coordinated Response

South Carolina has seen overdose deaths decline for two consecutive years. Brannon Traxler, acting director of the South Carolina Department of Public Health and an ASTHO board member, discusses how coordination across public health, law enforcement, emergency medical services, treatment providers, and community partners is helping drive those gains. Traxler explains how the state has worked to saturate communities with naloxone and normalize its use, while a rapid-response team reviews overdose and drug seizure data each week to identify emerging hotspots and target resources where they're needed most. She also discusses how the emergence of drugs such as xylazine, medetomidine, and nitazenes is changing the overdose response and why public health messaging must continue to evolve with the illicit drug supply.

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