ETSU Officials Seeking $500,000 in State Funding for Prescription Drug Abuse Research
An East Tennessee lawmaker is trying to get more research funding for East Tennessee State University’s Center for Prescription Drug...
2 Insurers in Tennessee Reduce Opioid Prescriptions
Knoxville News Sentinel USA TODAY NETWORK - TENNESSEE Two of the state’s largest insurers say they’ve made significant reductions in the...
House Panel OKs, Advances Medical Cannabis Bill
Over the objections of law enforcement and health officials, a second House committee approved a bill Wednesday that would legally allow...
Jury Deems Heroin Supplier Guilty in Fatal Overdose of West Knoxville Woman
A jury on Thursday convicted a drug dealer of second-degree murder for selling to a middleman heroin that proved deadly for a West...
As Opioid Death Toll Keeps Growing, New Local Group Offers Support for Those Left Behind
The website of the Office of the District Attorney General has a real-time tracker for suspected overdose deaths in Knox County. “Right...
Man Charged in Fatal Overdose Confesses
An alleged heroin dealer accused in the fatal overdose of a West Knoxville woman insisted on taking the witness stand Wednesday against...
DA: Drug Dealer Convicted in Woman's Overdose Death
A Knoxville man will spend at least three decades behind bars after being convicted in the death of a woman who died of a drug overdose....
Sheriff Candidates Tough on Opioid Abuse
Knoxville News Sentinel USA TODAY NETWORK TENNESSEE The politically charged 2018 election cycle may have started months ago, but Tuesday...
Knoxville 'Drug Den' Ordered Closed under Nuisance Law
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) - The Knox County District Attorney General's Office and the Knoxville Police Department on Thursday closed a...
As Opioid Death Toll Keeps Growing, New Local Group Offers Support for Those Left Behind
The website of the Office of the District Attorney General has a real-time tracker for suspected overdose deaths in Knox County. “Right...