Fentanyl Now Mixed with Crack Cocaine and Ecstasy, Causing Local Spike in Overdoses
Drug dealers are increasingly supplying their crack cocaine and ecstasy users with drugs tainted with fentanyl. According to the Hamilton...
Eyes on Potential HIV, Hepatitis C Outbreak, Experts Say
TRI-CITIES, TENN. (WJHL) - Editor's note: The original article said illicit drug use is a risk factor for Hepatitis A. While this is...
Memphis Police: 12 Opioid Overdoses in 24 Hours, Two Deaths
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Memphis police are sounding the alarm after a startling spike in opioid overdoses. As of Friday afternoon, they said 12...
Memphis Police: 12 Opioid Overdoses in 24 Hours, Two Deaths
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Memphis police are sounding the alarm after a startling spike in opioid overdoses. As of Friday afternoon, they said 12...
Tennessee 'Rock Doc' Traded Opioids and Fentanyl Patches for Sex
Jeffrey Young wanted to give you a real look inside his clinic. But maybe, just maybe, he showed too much. Young, 43, a Tennessee nurse...
Vanderbilt Starts Addiction Clinic So Overdose Patients Have Somewhere To Go after the ER
Nashville's largest hospital is launching a part-time addiction clinic, so overdose victims have somewhere close to go after the...
Police Agencies Turn to Home Narcan Revival Kits to Combat Opioid Overdoses
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — When Officer Dan Armbruster heads out for a shift, he's got one of his main tools not on his toolbelt, but riding...
Feds: Tenn. Doctor Overprescribed
A Middle Tennessee doctor was arrested Friday for allegedly overprescribing opioids to patients he knew were abusing them to the point of...
Vanderbilt Starts Addiction Clinic So Overdose Patients Have Somewhere to Go after the ER
Nashville's largest hospital is launching a part-time addiction clinic, so overdose victims have somewhere close to go after the...
Marijuana 101: Is Marijuana a Gateway Drug? Experts Remain Split on the Answer
KNOXVILLE, Tenn — Drug addictions have to start somewhere. "I've never had anyone who said that heroin was the first drug that they ever...