Knox Sheriff Says Michigan Men Arrested after Drug Raid
Knoxville News Sentinel USA TODAY NETWORK - TENNESSEE A six-month investigation culminated Tuesday morning when Knox County authorities...
Congress Ready to Battle Growing Opioid Crisis
Nashville Tennessean USA TODAY NETWORK - TENNESSEE WASHINGTON – Responding to a public health crisis that shows no signs of letting up,...
Vanderbilt Using Virtual Reality to Fight Opioids
Nashville Tennessean USA TODAY NETWORK - TENNESSEE Video games were once Noah Robinson’s only way to cope. When he couldn’t bear the...
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BLACK: My understanding of how crippling hospital closures are for rural communities doesn’t come from working in Congress. It comes from...
Fight Opioid Abuse at Family Medicine Cabinet
On May 14, 2016, I joined a club I hope you’re never in. It’s one that’s getting bigger by the day. That was when I lost my daughter Katy...
Harwell Backs Medical Marijuana
The ongoing effort to make Tennessee the next state to permit medical marijuana was bolstered Monday with two new Republican backers:...
FBI: Hand Over ‘Italians’ in RICO Opiate Case
The FBI is painting for the Italian government a portrait of two of its citizens as heartless, greedy killers of at least 700 residents...
Why I Challenge Gov. Haslam’s Opioid Plan
Last October, President Trump declared a national health emergency regarding opioids. In Tennessee, Governor Haslam recently unveiled his...
Statewide Addiction Recovery Advocate Bethany Morse, 34, Dies in Nashville
After she beat back opioid addiction, she devoted her short life to helping others do the same. Tennessee addiction recovery advocate...
Can Medication Treat Opioid Addiction?
I would like to bring to your attention difficulties I see in the future of persons addicted to opioids. For more than 20 years I have...