Tennessee Deaths from Drug Overdoses Increase in 2017
NASHVILLE – Tennessee Department of Health data show 1,776 Tennesseans died from drug overdoses in 2017, the highest annual number of...
U.S. Proposes Cutting Opioid Manufacturing
What’s one way to cut the number of opioid drugs diverted for abuse? Cut the quantities being manufacturing — or so the government hopes....
U.S. Proposes Cutting Opioid Manufacturing
What’s one way to cut the number of opioid drugs diverted for abuse? Cut the quantities being manufacturing — or so the government hopes....
Tennessee Deaths from Drug Overdoses Increase in 2017
NASHVILLE – Tennessee Department of Health data show 1,776 Tennesseans died from drug overdoses in 2017, the highest annual number of...
OxyContin Maker: Doctors, Patients, Drug Dealers to Blame for Opioid Epidemic
The makers of the addictive and deadly drug OxyContin have one message for Tennessee residents and their attorney general: Don’t blame us...
Lawsuit: Purdue Targeted Nurse Practitioners, PAs
The medical community has long valued “midlevel providers” — nurse practitioners and physician assistants — for the role they can play in...
'Dreamland' Journalist: Purdue Pharma Lawsuit Implies Not Much Changed — Except Awareness
When journalist Sam Quinones read the lawsuit Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery filed against Purdue Pharma, unsealed at the end...
Research Shows Detox Is Safe for Pregnant Women, Babies
KNOXVILLE — New research shows it is safe for women addicted to drugs to go through detox while pregnant. The program at the University...
UT Medical Center Doctor to Discuss Opioid Dependency during Pregnancy on CNN Tonight
Dr. Craig Towers of UT Medical Center will be featured on CNN's "Erin Burnett OutFront" tonight to discuss opioid dependency among...
US Drug Overdose Deaths Rose 7% in 2017 and Double Over a Decade, CDC Reports
(CNN)More than 72,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2017, up nearly 7% from 2016, according to preliminary data from the US Centers...