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Grant Aims to Reduce Drug Overdose Deaths in Sumner
As the number of annual drug overdose deaths across Tennessee continue to rise to record levels, officials with the Sumner County...
Tennessee's Plans to Battle Opioid Abuse: Nurses in Recovery, Naloxone Kits
The state’s new weapons to fight the opioid addiction epidemic might be nurses who have been addicts themselves, and naloxone kits in the...
Editorial: You have a Voice in Opioid Epidemic
To understand what brought the scores of people to a forum at the West High School lecture hall Tuesday night, you must look at the...
Editorial: You Have a Voice in Opioid Epidemic
To understand what brought the scores of people to a forum at the West High School lecture hall Tuesday night, you must look at the...
Naloxone from TennCare
I want to share with you all about the difficulty I am still having getting Narcan this year. Last year I had private insurance through...
Knox County Commission Approves Safety Center Contract 10-1
Knox County Commission approved two resolutions on Monday to help bring about a diversion facility – also called a safety center – for...
City Voting to Approve Safety Center Tuesday
The Knoxville City Council will vote its approval or disapproval for the first time on the jail diversion center, or safety center, that...
Medics on the Front Lines Find Opioid Overdose Antidote a Mixed Blessing
KNOXVILLE Three decades ago, when Chris Blach began his career as a paramedic, he carried naloxone. Emergency medical technicians used...
What One Young Adult's Addiction Says About Tennessee's Opioid Crisis
Joy Fanguy was so afraid of overdosing on pain pills that she kept a running log of how many she'd taken on her nightstand. Some nights,...