Sevier County Starts New Effort to End Opioid Addiction
"About 95-96 percent of the people that are incarcerated in our jails are there as a result of some type of addiction," Sheriff Ronald...
Senate Sponsor Halts Medical Cannabis Bill
The sponsor of a bill that would legally allow some Tennesseans to use medical cannabis killed the proposal Tuesday. Speaking to the...
DA: Drug Dealer Convicted in Woman's Overdose Death
A Knoxville man will spend at least three decades behind bars after being convicted in the death of a woman who died of a drug overdose....
Knox County Behavioral Center Opens Monday
Monday marks the opening of a new Knox County center that aims to treat chronic substance abusers who in the past have been frequent...
Neighbors Concerned as New Behavioral Health Facility Opens in Northwest Knoxville
The streets are quiet in a northwest Knoxville neighborhood off of Ball Camp Pike. Birds chirp and wind chimes provide a soothing sound....
Sheriff Jones: Death Penalty For Drug Dealers 'Might Not be a Bad Idea'
In the past week, President Donald Trump has proposed combating the opioid epidemic by giving drug dealers the death penalty. "You kill...
City Council Approves Funding for Program to Help Curb Prostitution
The Knoxville City Council has decided to to bring back a program designed to curb prostitution and broaden access to mental health and...
Look Inside: Behavioral Health Urgent Care Center Set to Begin Seeing Patients
Knox County is making a bet that treatment is more valuable than incarceration. "We’re taking some risks here. We’re taking some chances...
Recovery High Schools Bill Heads to Haslam's Desk
A bill that would establish recovery high schools in each major region of Tennessee now heads to Gov. Bill Haslam's desk for his...
58 Dead of Suspected Overdoses in First Two Months of 2018
It's the same story with a familiar script: a new year, a new month, and a new record number of suspected overdose deaths. So far in...