'Drug Den' House in Knoxville Ordered Closed under Nuisance Law
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) - The Knox County District Attorney General's Office is boarding up up a home in the Beaumont neighborhood of...
Man Shares Story of Opioid Recovery after Moving to East Tennessee for Treatment
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) - On the same day Governor Haslam rolled out a $30 million plan to fight the opioid epidemic in Tennessee, a...
Campbell County Students Produce Documentary about Opioid Epidemic
JELLICO, Tenn. (WATE) - Students from Campbell County have been working for several months alongside students from New York City to...
New Addiction Recovery Facility to Open This Spring in Jefferson Co.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. (WATE) - Goals are being set in Jefferson County to try and end the opioid epidemic. This spring, a new...
Governor Haslam Announces $30M Plan to Fight Opioid Epidemic in Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) - Governor Bill Haslam announced Monday a plan to end the opioid epidemic in Tennessee. The plan called TN...
Mild Start to the Day, but Rain and More Wind Headed Our Way Governor Haslam Not Changing Position o
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) - One day after a new 72-page medical cannabis or marijuana bill was filed by two prominent members of his party,...
TBI Says Recent Drug Evidence Samples ‘Don't Even Make Sense'
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is warning the public once again on how dangerous illicit street drugs...
Analysis: Substance Abuse Annually Costs Tennessee Billions
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An analysis has found that substance abuse annually costs Tennessee more than $2 billion, with most of it...
Tennessee’s 9th District Forms Drug Overdose Task Force
LOUDON COUNTY (WATE) – Another district in Tennessee formed a special drug task force and it got the idea from Knox County. The district...
Farragut Wellness Center Using New Device to Fight Opioid Epidemic
FARRAGUT, Tenn. (WATE) – There’s a new device helping fight the opioid epidemic and the results are already being seen in East Tennessee....