Multistate Effort Launched to Address Opioid Epidemic
Tennessee Supreme Court cases involving opioid abuse only occasionally come before Chief Justice Jeffrey Bivens. But Bivens' duties off...
State Overdose Data Sheds New Light on Opioid Crisis
A new report from the Tennessee Department of Health on drug overdose deaths sheds new light on the opioid epidemic plaguing the state,...
Tennessee’s Worrying Rise in Pregnant Women with Hep C
Rural parts of Tennessee have been hit hard by a nationwide rise in Hepatitis C infections in pregnant women, likely a result of the...
Highway Patrol gets Naloxone under BCBST Grant
More than 2,800 naloxone kits, the temporary antidote to opioid overdose, will be distributed to a variety of agencies statewide in an...
Program Aims to Meet Addicts' Health Needs Long Term
As early as 2010, they began to see the signs of the coming epidemic. Patients came in for primary care with needle tracks on their arms...
Bill Haslam Signs Repeal of New Nashville, Memphis Marijuana Laws
Nashville and Memphis received great fanfare last fall from criminal justice advocates for passing local ordinances that gave police the...
What One Young Adult's Addiction Says About Tennessee's Opioid Crisis
Joy Fanguy was so afraid of overdosing on pain pills that she kept a running log of how many she'd taken on her nightstand. Some nights,...
Religious Community Helps Combat Opioid Epidemic
Wendell Taylor hurt his back in the midst of a rough divorce nearly a decade ago. His doctor gave him a prescription for painkillers....
Tennessee Medical Marijuana Bill Dead because Senate 'Scared,' Lawmaker Says
The landmark legislation that would have made medical use of marijuana legal in Tennessee is officially dead for the year. The House...
For Small-Town Tennessee Judge, Opioid Crisis is Personal
Judge Duane Slone observed the arc of the opioid crisis first-hand since painkiller-addiction began taking ahold of lives in the rural...