Insurer Sees Sky-High Incidence of Opioid Use Disorder
Opioid prescriptions and abuse are more common among people covered under BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee’s employer-sponsored plans...
Tennessee Counties Slap Big Pharma with Lawsuit over Opioid Epidemic Costs
Three Tennessee judicial districts on Tuesday announced a legal effort to make the drugmakers who supplied the opiates that addicted...
Lawsuit Against Opioid Drugmakers Also Targets Tennessee Tort Reform
In a strange twist, a lawsuit targeting opiate drugmakers filed Tuesday will pit one group of elected officials - three upper East...
How a Judge Would Fix Drug Crisis
There is a unique facility in Nashville. Referred to as “DC-4,” the Davidson County Drug Court has given me specific insights into both...
Supreme Court Puts Limits on Seizure of Drug Assets
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court is placing new limits on the government’s ability to seize assets from people who are convicted of drug...
Over 1,000 Fake Drugs Found at Bonnaroo
MANCHESTER, Tenn. - A New York man busted with more than 1,000 fake drugs less than 24 hours into the 16th annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts...
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Opioid Antidote Becoming More Easily Available for General Public
All Thom Duddy wants is for people to be able to save lives with the push of a button. And Duddy, director of communications for Adapt...
As Drug-Related Heart Infections Climb, Doctors Weigh Ethics of Operating — Or Not
A spike in the number of patients coming in with infected heart valves has surgeons speaking up — because even if the expensive and...
Docs Debate Surgery on Opioid Users
USA TODAY NETWORK – TENNESSEE A spike in the number of patients coming in with infected heart valves has surgeons speaking up -- because...