Prison Program Helps Inmates Grow into Better Fathers
MORGAN COUNTY - Nearly forty inmates at the Morgan County Correctional Complex graduated Friday from a program marking their growth into...
Unwanted Medicine Collection Being Held June 17
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) -- The Knoxville Police Department, the Knox County and City of Knoxville Waste Offices, the Knox County Health...
Ron Crowder and Street Works: Doing Black Harm Reduction and Public Health During a ‘White’ Drug Cri
When I visit a city, I like to check out people doing interesting stuff. Usually these will be individuals or organizations working in...
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Opioid Antidote Becoming More Easily Available for General Public
All Thom Duddy wants is for people to be able to save lives with the push of a button. And Duddy, director of communications for Adapt...
Interconnected, Intertwined, and Colliding: Co-Occurring Epidemics of HIV, Viral Hepatitis, and Opio
I have to admit it. I’ve been feeling a little daunted about how much ground we have lost to the opioid epidemic as we struggle against...
Tennessee Doctor Bucks Conventional Medical Wisdom for Pregnant Addicts
When Dr. Craig Towers first started seeing opioid-addicted pregnant women in his high-risk OB-GYN practice, he followed the longstanding...
Tennessee House Speaker Asks Attorney General to Consider Suing Drug Firms
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee House Speaker Beth Harwell is asking the state attorney general to consider suing painkiller...