CDC Pledges More Than $28 Million To Fight Opioid Epidemic
The Centers for Disease Control and Preventions is pledging millions to fight the opioid epidemic. The agency says it's awarding more...
Count It! Lock It! Drop It! Expands to Fight Pill Abuse
Count It! Lock It! Drop It! (CLD), a comprehensive community program for prescription drug abuse prevention, has added 26 counties since...
Lawmaker Expects Medical Marijuana to be 'Top 5' Issue for Gubernatorial Candidates
NEWPORT - Tennessee’s gubernatorial election is still over a year away, but with a newly appointed committee on medical marijuana,...
Interview with Michael Lohan
ichael Lohan is a TV personality turned minister who has chosen to dedicate the rest of his life to the treatment and recovery of...
Senator Expects Panel will Help Educate Public, Tennessee Lawmakers on Medical Marijuana
Educating lawmakers and the general public will be a key component of the recently formed legislative committee tasked with tackling...
Doctors Say '30 Minutes' Suboxone Billboard Increases Addiction Medicine Stigma, Call for Re
Tennessee Recovery Coalition President Paul Trivette could barely believe his eyes when he drove through Bristol earlier this week and...
Mahaffey: Opioid Addiction: Understanding the True Enemy
It saddens me that opioid addiction has culminated into a national emergency, but hopefully this will encourage a societal change in...
'We Do Recover': Hundreds Gather to Mourn 30 Percent Spike in Local OD Deaths Offer Hope
More than 300 people gathered at the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame to memorialize lives lost to drugs and talk about how to stem the...
Opioid Czar: Former Pill Abuser Now Battles Drug Epidemic in Tennessee
He woke up hazy, face plastered against a long aluminum bench, looking up at two campus policemen staring back at him. A hot sun beat...