Between last Wednesday night and Thursday night, 35 people overdosed on an unknown drug in Charleston. It was a spike that first responders said they had not seen in a decade.
Because of the quick response of local organizations, hospitals and first responders, including the Coordinated Addiction Response Effort Team, there were no reported fatalities from the overdoses, according to Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin. Health
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