Republican Legislators Detail Tennessee's Medical Marijuana Bill
Flanked by retired police officers, children, veterans and musicians, two Tennessee Republican lawmakers ceremoniously introduced a bill...
Tennessee Parents Lose Kids as Opioid Crisis Rages On
Knoxville County Juvenile Court Judge Tim Irwin presides over more terminations of parental rights cases than any other judge in...
Feds Prosecute Tennessee Pain Clinic Workers as Drug Dealers
The money was good — $500 to $1,000 a day. The job was easy — ask a question or two and write a prescription. Sometimes, the questioning...
Opioid Use Overtakes Tobacco
More adults in the U.S. use prescription painkillers than use tobacco, the latest milestone that highlights an opioid abuse epidemic...
Nashville's Fledgling Addiction Recovery High School
A couple hours before lunch, 15-year-old Owen Rockenbach was perched on a beanbag mattress on the floor, notebook in his lap, talking...
Drugged Driving Overtakes Alcohol in Tennessee Road Deaths
She buckles a stuffed teddy bear into a baby car seat and heads down the same two-lane country road where her son was killed in 2014. The...
Tennessee Makes Inroads on Opioid Epidemic
Tennessee has made progress in fighting the opioid epidemic. The state has declared the massive problem the No. 1 public health crisis in...
There are More Opioid Prescriptions than People in Tennessee
Health care professionals in Tennessee last year wrote more than 7.8 million opioid prescriptions — or 1.18 for every man, woman and...
Drugmakers Fought State Opioid Limits amid Crisis
The makers of prescription painkillers have adopted a 50-state strategy that includes hundreds of lobbyists and millions in campaign...
Tennessee Gets Federal Funding to Fight Opioid Overdoses
Tennessee is set to receive federal funding that can be used to improve opioid prescription tracking databases and enhance community...