Drug User Health with Challenges Inc SC

This guide has been written collaboratively by people with lived experience of substance use, nursing students, harm reductionists, and medical professionals to address medical issues that may affect people who use drugs. This is a helpful tool for people who use drugs in South Carolina or any participant of a South Carolina syringe exchange. 

 What is a Community Distributor? State statute defines a Community Distributor as “an organization, either public or private, which provides substance use disorder assistance and services, such as counseling, homeless services, advocacy, harm reduction, alcohol and drug screening, and treatment to individuals at risk of experiencing an opioid-related overdose” (S.C. Code Section 44-130-20(2)). 

This law protects Community Distributors from any civil liability or criminal prosecution. S.C. Code Section 44-130-70(D) provides that “A community distributor that distributes an opioid antidote in accordance with the provisions of this section is not as a result of an act or omission subject to civil or criminal liability.” 

The use of Intramuscular (IM) naloxone and syringes are legal under the South Carolina Joint Protocol. Learn more the Joint Protocol and how to administer naloxone by clicking the button below.