3 Doses of Narcan Used to Revive Toddler after He Found Drugs at Park
TOLEDO, OH (AP) – Police in Ohio say hospital workers used three doses of the overdose drug naloxone to revive a 1½-year-old boy who...
Tennessee House Opioid Task Force Releases Recommendations
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Adding 25 Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agents, limiting emergency room prescriptions, and a new public...
‘Night of Remembrance’ in Nashville will Honor Victims of Drug Overdoses
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – On Aug. 31, people around the world will gather to remember people who have died from a drug overdose. Events...
‘Night of Remembrance’ in Nashville will Honor Victims of Drug Overdoses
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – On Aug. 31, people around the world will gather to remember people who have died from a drug overdose. Events...
Metro Nashville Police Equip Officers with Opioid Antidote
The Metro Nashville Police Department will outfit its officers with the opioid antidote Narcan. The department has received 790 Narcan...
Judge Who’s Also a Funeral Director Sees Devastating Impact of Drug Use
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Few people see the impact of the opioid crisis in Tennessee more vividly than Gale Robinson. Robinson is a...
Tenn. Health, Law Officials Warn of Fentanyl Dangers: You can Die Just Touching the Drug
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Tennessee’s top law enforcement and health officials “sounded the alarm” Thursday that you can die quickly just...
Police Arrest Man Accused of Selling Fentanyl-Laced Heroin in Nashville
HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Metro police worked with the 18th Judicial Drug Task Force to arrest a man accused of selling heroin laced...
44 Accused in Lewis County Drug Ring Involved Mexican Cartels
HOHENWALD, Tenn. (WKRN) – More than 40 people in Lewis County face drug charges Tuesday, with most of the suspects accused of selling a...
Drug Arriving in Nashville is 10,000 Times More Powerful than Morphine
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – The Director of Emergency Services for Metro Nashville is concerned a synthetic opioid emerging in Middle...