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Recently the S.C. governor declared opioids an emergency epidemic threatening the state.<\/p>\n
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Jared Campbell, sitting on the USC Horseshoe, talks about his path to addiction and recovery.<\/p>\n
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Gamecock Recovery hangout\u00a0 in Strom Thurmond Wellness and Fitness Center was recently created to help students suffering from additions.<\/p>\n
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By Hailey Ingraham<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When Lexington native Jared Campbell was 13 years old, his father gave him a prescription hydrocodone cough syrup to help treat his flu symptoms.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThat was the first time I felt it,\u201d Campbell said, describing the high he never knew he was looking for. Searching for that feeling again, he found his way into the family medicine cabinet. The highs soon became closer and closer together, and he fell victim to an opioid addiction.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He felt like he didn’t have anywhere to turn, so he tried to commit suicide three times. He intentionally wrecked two cars and crashed his motorcycle going 85 mph without wearing a helmet.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Campbell is not alone in his fight with addiction. The opioid epidemic has spread violently across America in the past decade. On Thursday, President Trump declared the epidemic a national public health emergency in a conference at the White House.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 “As Americans, we cannot allow this to continue. It is time to liberate our communities from this scourge of drug addiction. Never been this way. We can be the generation that ends the opioid epidemic. We can do it,” Trump said.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Opioids are a class of drugs that includes the illegal drug, heroin; the synthetic drug, fentanyl; and prescription painkillers like OxyContin, oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, morphine, and others.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Like Campbell, three in four new heroin users start by using prescription opioids according to the National Institutes of Health. Once the pills become too expensive or the users cannot get a prescription from a doctor, they will seek out heroin as the alternative. These addictions can quickly become lethal.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Last year, 616 people died from opioid related deaths in South Carolina according to the <\/span>S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Not only is this epidemic affecting South Carolinians, but states across the nation are also experiencing the same staggering numbers. According to the <\/span>Center for Disease Control<\/span><\/a>, 91 people die every day from opioid overdoses.<\/span><\/p>\n
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