Treating the Addicted Brain
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) - As efforts continue to battle the opioid epidemic, it's important to know how addiction affects the brain....
East Tennessee Fights Back Against the Opioid Epidemic
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) - All across the state of Tennessee, families are dealing with the heartbreak of friends and relatives abusing...
Tennessee Provides Resources to Help Residents Quit Smoking
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee is providing resources to help residents who want quit smoking during the Great American Smokeout . The...
Report: Baby Suffers Withdraw from Kratom Tea
(CNN) -- The woman had used oxycodone for almost a decade but told her doctors she had been sober for two years. She never touched...
Surgical Patients Receive Four Times the Opioids They Use, Study Shows
Surgeons have prescribed opioids at rate that's nearly four times what patients actually use, according to a new study.An analysis...
Medical Marijuana in Tennessee? Here's What to Expect with New Governor Bill Lee
Voters in Michigan, Utah and Missouri legalized marijuana for medical or recreation use on Tuesday, spreading some form of legal pot to...
Ex-DEA Agent: Consequences of Marsha Blackburn’s Opioid Law Not ‘Unintended’ | Opinion
In 2017, Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn called for immediately addressing any “unintended consequences” of an opioid law she co-sponsored...
Marsha Blackburn Tells Voters She’s Fighting Opioids. Her Track Record Doesn’t Agree.
“Every death from opioids is heartbreaking,” said Rep. Marsha Blackburn, the Tennessee Republican running for senate, in an earnest...