Opioid Crisis Needs National Leadership
After months of delay, President Donald Trump has promised to declare America’s opioid abuse epidemic a national emergency, offering a...
Clinic Offers Help Clearing Record of Criminal Charges
Many people are not aware that often in Tennessee when a criminal charge is dismissed, it may still appear on their public record until...
The Opioid Crisis Outgrows Policies on Treatment
The opioid epidemic has had a staggering impact in Tennessee: countless loved ones gone, higher health care costs, more drug-related...
Overdoses Spark Murder Charges
Sue Goodrum woke up to flashing lights outside her bedroom window after falling asleep early on a winter night in 2016. Her 33-year-old...
Campbell, Knox Among Counties Suing Big Pharma
JAMIE SATTERFIELD USA TODAY NETWORK - TENNESSEE Even as a fight that could lead to a quick end to a new push to sue pharmaceutical...
Graphic Film, Discussion Aim to Open Conversation Between Parents, Teens About Opioid Abuse
Around 120 people, most of them parents of school-age children, listened somberly as the mother in the film relayed how her teenage...
Maryville Football Hears Reality of Drug Overdose from Former Player
Chris Murden of True Purpose Ministers puts a drug addiction awareness sticker on Maryville football players' helments Wednesday, Sept....
Maryville Football Honors Former Player with Red Ribbon Game vs. Fulton
Cody McCoy stood in front of Maryville’s football team Wednesday and told them about a former Rebel, his brother Dane, and how he died of...
McNabb Center to Break Ground on 'Safety Center' Alternative to Jail for Mentally Ill
When the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services solicited proposals for its Pre-Arrest Diversion...
Report: Knox County Drug-Related Deaths Up by 31 Percent, with Fentanyl Taking Major Toll
More Knox Countians than ever before are dying from drugs – and fentanyl is the top killer. In 2016, Knox County saw a 31 percent...