Opioid-Related Deaths, Cases of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Increasing in Tennessee
KNOXVILLE (WATE) – Tennessee is making progress in the fight against the opioid abuse, but is it enough? A new study by the Sycamore...
Help Available for Kids Coping with Parents’ Addiction to Opioids
KNOXVILLE (WATE) – The opioid epidemic leaves a mark on so many in the East Tennessee community. Two children were found last week by the...
Senate Health Care Bill Raises Concerns About Medicaid in Knoxville
KNOXVILLE (WATE) – There’s new anxiety over what the Senate health care reform bill could mean for East Tennessee. A number of patients...
Study: More Tennessee Women than Men End Up in Hospital from Opioid Abuse
ROCKVILLE, Md. (WATE) – A new study about the opioid epidemic finds that Tennessee women are more likely than Tennessee men to wind up in...
Alleged Drug Dealers Charged in Knoxville Woman’s Overdose Death
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) – Two men were arrested April 26, 2017 after the overdose death of Sabrina Riley, 20. According to an indictment,...
Unwanted Medication Collection Events this Weekend in Knoxville
KNOXVILLE (WATE) – The Knoxville Police Department, Knox County and City of Knoxville Solid Waste Offices, Knox County Health Department...
Nerve Drug Now seen being Abused More in East Tennessee
KNOXVILLE (WATE) – A drug often used to treat nerve pain is being abused. The Metro Drug Coalition says gabapentin is increasingly being...
Prescriptions Influence Chronic Drug Use, According to Health Study
KNOXVILLE (WATE) – A new health study finds the first prescription that patients get for opioid painkillers has a large influence on...
Tennessee Bill Would Hold Drug Suppliers Responsible in Overdose Deaths
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Law enforcement officials are trying to curb the heroin epidemic here in Tennessee. Several are behind a bill...
Knoxville Police Save Driver, Passenger with Overdose Antidote After Crash
KNOXVILLE (WATE) – Knoxville police officers were able to rescue a driver and passenger with a lifesaving dose of Naloxone after a drug...