Carrying a Family Member's Prescription Pain Relievers Can have Unintended Consequences
Prescription pain relievers have become a new front in the war on drugs. As in all wars, there are innocent casualties. In Tennessee,...
Knox Co. Inmate Vivitrol Treatment to Begin
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Addiction Experts Praise Haslam's Drug Crimes Sentencing Initiative
At Westbrook Medical Center, they see the pain of addiction every day. “A lot of these people are parents,” said Marta Pratt, a nurse...
First Knox Inmate Receives Anti-Opioid Injection
Greg Fox hopes a new medication will succeed where willpower has failed him as he became the first Knox County inmate to receive a trial...
Knox County Opioid Addicts with Criminal Charges to Get Injections to Curb Drug Cravings
Opioid addicts facing criminal charges in Knox County could receive the first doses of a drug to help them stay clean as part of a new...
Safety Center Workshop Planned
The mentally ill and people with addiction issues need a place to go that's not jail, which many officials in Knox County agree upon. How...
Knoxville Police Chief Shares Personal Experience with Drug Epidemic
NASHVILLE (WATE) – Knoxville Police Chief David Rausch got emotional Thursday while sharing a personal connection to the drug epidemic....
For Small-Town Tennessee Judge, Opioid Crisis is Personal
Judge Duane Slone observed the arc of the opioid crisis first-hand since painkiller-addiction began taking ahold of lives in the rural...
Majority of Cheatham County Crime Stems from Drug Addictions
CHEATHAM COUNTY, Tenn. (WRKN) – Burglaries. Shootings. Robberies. Murders. Cheatham County drug agents say opioids are responsible for...
VIDEO: News 2 Hosts Town Hall on Tennessee’s Opioid Crisis
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – As we explored the grave epidemic our state and its residents are facing, News 2 sat down with experts and...