State: Nurse Kept License Due to Board Error
An east Tennessee nurse practitioner who once prescribed a patient 51 pills a day was allowed to keep her nursing license because of a...
Judge: Drugmakers Aren’t Drug Dealers
Knoxville News Sentinel USA TODAY NETWORK - TENNESSEE JACKSBORO – Sure, Big Pharma pushes deadly, addictive drugs onto Tennessee’s...
Sen. Alexander: China Curbing Fentanyl Shipments 'Will Save Thousands of American Lives'
Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to help tamp down on shipments of hyper-dangerous drugs into the United States in a win for the Trump...
Acting AG Matthew Whitaker Discusses Drugs
Nashville Tennessean USA TODAY NETWORK - TENNESSEE Amid mounting legal pressure on the Trump White House, acting U.S. Attorney General...
Tennessee Dentist Wrote 71 Opioid Prescriptions to a Single Patient in Just Six Months
A small-town Tennessee dentist has lost his professional license after admitting to giving about 200 opioid prescriptions to a handful of...
Westmoreland PD Helps Get People Off Drugs
Nashville Tennessean USA TODAY NETWORK -TENNESSEE Within 48 hours in early November, the Westmoreland Police Department had two residents...
Medical Marijuana in Tennessee? Here's What to Expect with New Governor Bill Lee
Voters in Michigan, Utah and Missouri legalized marijuana for medical or recreation use on Tuesday, spreading some form of legal pot to...
Ex-DEA Agent: Consequences of Marsha Blackburn’s Opioid Law Not ‘Unintended’ | Opinion
In 2017, Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn called for immediately addressing any “unintended consequences” of an opioid law she co-sponsored...
Sentenced to 17 Years for Low-Level Drug Charge, Nashville Man Gets Freedom Thanks to Deal with Pros
When Annetta Bryant saw her son turn the corner Wednesday morning, she clasped her hands under her chin and beamed with pride. Tears...
Paramedic Hurt Patient on Purpose, Then Bragged about It on Facebook, State Says
Two years ago an East Tennessee paramedic bragged on Facebook that he intentionally drilled into a patient’s bone without anesthesia,...