Man Gets Prison for Selling Fentanyl as Heroin Alternative
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Federal prosecutors say a Tennessee man has been sentenced to nearly 11 years in prison for selling fentanyl to...
Chattanooga Police Arrest Man in Connection to May Overdose Death
A 24-year-old man was arrested earlier this month after a grand jury indicted him on second-degree murder charges connected to a fatal...
Ag: Drug Reps Ignored Red Flags at Tennessee Pill Mills
KNOXVILLE — A lawsuit by Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery says Endo Pharmaceuticals sales representatives for years ignored...
Chattanooga Police Warn of 'Extremely Dangerous Drugs' in Circulation after Four Overdose De
Toxicology screens are pending to determine exactly what kind of drugs are to blame, but based on the investigation police believe the...
Chattanooga CARES Nonprofit Starts Syringe Exchange to Combat Drug Abuse
A nonprofit organization operating in Hamilton County since 1986 has rolled out a new program intended to combat drug use by offering...
New Overdose Map Shows Scale of Opioid Epidemic in Appalachia
A new interactive map released this week by an independent social research organization aims to illustrate the scale of the opioid...
Tennessee Distributes Narcan in Chattanooga for Treating Opiate Overdoses
On Wednesday morning, Jean Key held up a unit of Narcan nasal spray and started recounting the signs of an overdose. "Unresponsiveness,...
Tennessee Bill Seeks to Legalize, Regulate Medical Marijuana Products
NASHVILLE — Tennesseans diagnosed with diseases like cancer, HIV/AIDs, epilepsy and multiple sclerosis could be prescribed medical...
Tennessee Bill Seeks to Legalize, Regulate Medical Marijuana Products
NASHVILLE — Tennesseans diagnosed with diseases like cancer, HIV/AIDs, epilepsy and multiple sclerosis could be prescribed medical...
Mahaffey: Opioid Addiction: Understanding the True Enemy
It saddens me that opioid addiction has culminated into a national emergency, but hopefully this will encourage a societal change in...