Tennessee Overdose Deaths Jump 12% in 2016, as Opioid crisis Rages
The number of Tennesseans who died from drug overdoses jumped 12 percent from 2015 to 2016, largely due to growing use of dangerous...
Opioid Task Force's Recommendations to Combat Tennessee Epidemic: More TBI Agents, Prescription
A legislative task force released its recommendations on combating Tennessee's opioid epidemic Wednesday, issuing nearly two dozen...
Senator Expects Panel will Help Educate Public, Tennessee Lawmakers on Medical Marijuana
Educating lawmakers and the general public will be a key component of the recently formed legislative committee tasked with tackling...
Opioid Czar: Former Pill Abuser Now Battles Drug Epidemic in Tennessee
He woke up hazy, face plastered against a long aluminum bench, looking up at two campus policemen staring back at him. A hot sun beat...
Investigation: How Many Lives Are Lost to Opioids? No One Knows.
Click Here to View Video In 2015, state officials reported at least 1,451 men, women and children died from drug overdoses in Tennessee -...
Opioid-Related Hospitalizations More Than Triple for Tennessee Seniors
Pain pills are sending more senior citizens to the hospital in Tennessee, according to data that sheds new light on how opioid addiction...
National Opioid Epidemic Emergency Declaration will Save Lives
The opioid epidemic is a national emergency that requires special attention and greater focus and resources to fight it. President Donald...
Metro Police to Begin Administering Opioid Overdose-Reversing Drug Naloxone
Metro police will soon begin carrying and administering an overdose-reversing drug, the latest announcement in Nashville's effort to...
Mayor Megan Barry Opens Up about Son's Drug Use and Death in Return to Work
Mayor Megan Barry, returning to her regular duties as Nashville's mayor Monday, opened up publicly about the death of her son, Max, from...
Mayor Megan Barry: Thank you, Nashville
At around 3 a.m. Sunday, July 30, my husband, Bruce, and I awoke to a knock on the door. We proceeded to receive the most devastating...