For Families of Overdose Victims, a More-Focused Network of Support is Available
The overwhelming number of overdose deaths across East Tennessee in the last few years has meant a growing number of families are...
Woman Faces Murder Charge in Fentanyl Overdose Death, Knox Sheriff Says
A 27-year-old woman faces a second-degree murder charge after Knox County authorities say she gave the powerful painkiller fentanyl to a...
Attacking Opioid Crisis at Work: Companies' Cultural Changes Could Stave Off Addiction, UT Resea
How can companies get more out of their employees? By giving them what they need to be productive, a team of University of Tennessee...
3 ET Doctors Have Licenses placed on probation, state says
Three Upper East Tennessee doctors have had their licenses put on probation, said the Tennessee Department of Health. One, psychiatrist...
DA's Report Shows 'Success' of Investigating OD Deaths as Ccrime Scenes, 'Potential&
In Knox County, every drug-related death is still a preventable tragedy. But now many also present opportunities to level a homicide...
Suspected Overdose Death Statistics
In response to the devastating spike of overdose deaths in Knox County, the Drug Related Task Force is proactively analyzing suspected...
293 in Knox Last Year: Annual Event Remembers Those Lost to Overdose, Offers Hope to those Still Str
At last year's International Overdose Awareness Day, Selena McClelland was in the audience, trying mightily to shake an addiction she'd...
Knox Drug Dealer Nets 10-Year Prison Term in Overdose Death
A South Knoxville drug dealer was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to the March 2017 overdose death of his...
TN Attorney General: FDA Approved OxyContin Labels, not OxyContin Maker's 'Deception'
The makers of the deadly and addictive drug OxyContin can’t hide behind the Food and Drug Administration to fend off legal responsibility...