Knoxville Police Urging Families to Keep an Eye on Addicts Over the Holidays
It's a time of year many think about family, presents, and spending time together but for KPD's drug related death's task force it's a...
The Opioid Crisis is Getting Worse, Particularly for Black Americans
The epidemic of drug overdoses, often perceived as a largely white rural problem, made striking inroads among black Americans last year —...
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'Profits over People' a Cause of Opioid Crisis
We’re running out of room for the bodies. Tennessee has an opioid problem, and it’s been a long time in the making. Numbers from the turn...
Tennessee Overdose Deaths Jump 12% in 2016, as Opioid Crisis Rages
The number of Tennesseans who died from drug overdoses jumped 12 percent from 2015 to 2016, largely due to growing use of dangerous...
Tennessee Overdose Deaths Jump 12% in 2016, as Opioid crisis Rages
The number of Tennesseans who died from drug overdoses jumped 12 percent from 2015 to 2016, largely due to growing use of dangerous...
Knox County Report: Risk of Dying of Drug Overdose Highest Soon after Jail Release
Nearly half of the people who died of drug overdoses in Knox County last year had been arrested and/or jailed within the past five years...
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...
Investigation: How Many Lives Are Lost to Opioids? No One Knows.
Click Here to View Video In 2015, state officials reported at least 1,451 men, women and children died from drug overdoses in Tennessee -...
The OD Epidemic: WBIR Highlights Drug Overdose Crisis
Knox County is on pace -- right now -- to record 300 suspected drug overdose deaths in 2017. Three hundred. Almost one a day. As...