Maryville Pharmacist to Plead Guilty to Stealing Pain Pills to Fuel His Addiction
A longtime Maryville pharmacist has struck a deal to plead guilty to federal charges he stole bottles of pain pills from his pharmacy's...
Drug OD Crisis Prompts New Federal Effort in Knox County
Knoxville — Knox County's synthetic opioid problem has gotten so bad it'll be the subject of stepped-up federal cooperation in a new...
Knox County Pain Clinic Says New Laws are Affecting Business, Patients
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) - Dr. Cynthia Niendorff is the medical director at Encore Pain Specialists, a pain clinic that recently opened in...
Juvenile Drug Treatment Program Launches in Anderson County
CLINTON, Tenn. (WATE) - Leaders in Anderson County celebrated Wednesday as they launched a new drug treatment program for juveniles, a...
Organization Steers Troubled Young Men Down Right Path Through Faith
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) - Isiah James said he had a fantasy of being a drug dealer and having a lot of money. Isiah's fantasy is familiar...
THP Finds 1,000 Vape Pens, Cocaine Following Traffic Stop
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) -- On June 25, a Tennessee State Trooper with the Knoxville District stopped a commercial vehicle on I-75 in...
Investigator for Tennessee Public Defender's Office Indicted for Buying Marijuana
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WVLT) -- The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced today that an investigator with the West Tennessee Public...
Some Doctors, Nurses Named in Tennessee Suit against Purdue Pharma Still Practicing
n its lawsuit against Purdue Pharma, unsealed last week, the state of Tennessee names a slew of Knoxville-area health care professionals...
Family Drug Treatment Court Ribbon Cutting
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These Nashville Doctors Were Running Pill Mills. Purdue Pharma Sold to Them Anyway
State officials say the red flags should have been obvious: In the health care mecca of Nashville, a handful of doctors were prescribing...