Mount Pleasant Magazine Jan/Feb 2018

87 www.MPtownCouncil.com | www.MPMcalendar.com | www.MountPleasantMagazine.com feature As director of the first collegiate program of its kind in South Carolina, Marchant said the attention Shipman is bringing to the opioid crisis is a huge deal. “I’ve never seen someone motivate and generate as much positive attention like she has,” he said. “What impresses me the most is how she has educated herself on it, especially on the recovery programs. She has a dedicated team of people behind her, and it’s absolutely inspiring.” Shipman said she takes one day at a time, and, when she needs to step back and mourn her son, she does. “There are days I have to pull back and just grieve. I’ll keep trying to move this along because I do feel Creighton’s story is helping others and, in that way, helping us heal,” she added. “I don’t know where this will lead us. But we’ve started an important conversation and we need to keep it going.” For more information, visit www.WakeUpCarolina.org . Nanci Shipman and her children when they were younger: Hollis, Wheaton, Creighton and Jack. Opioid Use THE CAESAR OR THE MIDICI HOUSE SALAD ANY SOFT DRINK BEER + $1 | WINE + $2 SELECT ANY CLASSIC & TWO TOPPINGS BOWMAN PLACE 1100 BOWMAN RD, MT. PLEASANT SUN–THURS 11 AM –9 PM FRI–SAT 11 AM –10 PM MidiCiMtPleasant MONDAY – FRIDAY | 11 AM – 3 PM LUNCH NEAPOLITAN PIZZA + LUNCH SALAD + DRINK 9.95 Lunch Neapolitan Pizza is 8 inches. Lunch salad is half entrée portion. Offer valid for dine-in only. mymidici .com • Every day in theUnitedStates, 144 peopledie fromprescription or illegal drug abuse. Many of these victims are young adults and children. • Of the 144 deaths, 91 are fromheroin andopioids. • Opioid-relatedoverdoses arenowthe number 1 killer of young people in SouthCarolina, wheredeaths exceed thenational average. • 38 percent of teens admit to abusingdrugs froma parent’s or friend’s medicine cabinet. • 41 percent of teens viewprescriptiondrugs as“safe”because they are prescribedby a doctor. • 1 opioid tablet is as powerful as a singledose of heroin. BY THE NUMBERS