SHOUT OUT to TN's Network of Regional Overdose Prevention Specialists (ROPS).
SHOUT OUT to TN's network of Regional Overdose Prevention Specialists (ROPS). Today we are announcing a milestone - confirming 35,000...
US Health Department Official Urges Tennesseans to Buy Opioid Overdose Reversal Drug
A top Trump administration official responsible for combating the nation's opioid crisis has two messages for Tennessee families whose...
Surgeon General at Vanderbilt: Ask about Naloxone — You Might Save a Life
Surgeon General Jerome Adams on Friday urged anyone who steps into a pharmacy in Tennessee to ask if they stock and sell Naloxone. It's a...
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,...
MDC Report: More Than 1,200 People Received Naloxone In Knox Co. Last Year
The Metro Drug Coalition announced Thursday that more than 1,200 people received naloxone in Knox County from October 2016 to September...
Report: Naloxone Deployed More Than 1,200 Times in Knox Co. Last Year
KNOX COUNTY, Tenn. (WVLT) -- More than 1,200 people in Knox County received Naloxone in Knox County last year, according to a report...
Mixed Reactions to Governor's Plan to Tackle Opioid Epidemic
Gov. Bill Haslam's "Tennessee Together" plan is being praised for its multi-pronged approach to tackling the opioid epidemic, but...
Governor Bill Haslam Unveils $30 Million Plan to Combat Opioid Crisis in Tennessee
Educating children, making overdose-reversing drugs available to all state troopers and adding hundreds of prison beds to treat those...
Report: Knox County Drug-Related Deaths Up by 31 Percent, with Fentanyl Taking Major Toll
More Knox Countians than ever before are dying from drugs – and fentanyl is the top killer. In 2016, Knox County saw a 31 percent...
State Grant Brings Training, Life-Saving Overdose Drug to Region
SULLIVAN COUNTY, TN (WJHL) – A local organization is taking steps to reduce opioid drug overdoses in our area. The Sullivan County...