Two Men Sentenced in Fatal Fentanyl Overdose of Bristol, Tenn. Woman
Two people will serve prison time for giving fentanyl, a potent painkiller, to a Bristol, Tennessee, woman who overdosed and died in...
Lights of Hope Event Shines Light on Addiction and Overdoses
BRISTOL, Tenn. — At the third annual Lights of Hope event Sunday evening, people told stories of addiction, learned about ways to fight...
Bristol Declares Aug. 31 International Overdose Awareness Day
BRISTOL, Tenn. — Rhonda Coffey lost her son, David, two years ago to a drug overdose. Today would have been his 36th birthday. On July...
Judge Approves Tennessee AG’s Withdrawal from Opioid Lawsuit
KINGSPORT, Tenn. — Sullivan County Chancery Court Judge E.G. Moody has approved Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery’s move to back...
23 Tennessee Stores Shut, Accused of Selling Marijuana Candy
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) — Local, state and federal authorities in Tennessee have padlocked 23 stores and indicted 21 people they accuse...
Students Raise Awareness about Addiction
The problem of addiction is getting attention from students at Tennessee Tech in the form of a potential new organization. Students in...
What Churches Should do to Help Victims of the Opioid Crisis
A few weeks back, I got hung up in a traffic jam caused by a stalled car stopped at the crest of a hill, which made it impossible to...
ETSU Professor Studying Effects of Bath Salts
An East Tennessee State University professor is studying the effects of bath salts — a synthetic drug not often seen these days in the...
Two Women Become First Graduates of Sullivan County Drug Court Program
BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. — For 20 years, morning, noon and night, Valerie “Roxie” Hopkins’ life revolved around intravenous drug use. “I never,...
'Ravaging Communities': McAuliffe Talks Opioid Epidemic at Abingdon Town Hall
ABINGDON, Va. — Gov. Terry McAuliffe visited Southwest Virginia on Monday to discuss the opioid epidemic, a problem he said is “ravaging...