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...
The OD Epidemic: WBIR Highlights Drug Overdose Crisis (Includes Daily Overdose Statistics)
Knox County is on pace -- right now -- to record 300 suspected drug overdose deaths in 2017. Three hundred. Almost one a day. As...
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...
Relentless Rise: OD Calls, Use of Drugs to Revive Victims on Increase
Drug users are overdosing every day, multiple times a day, in Knoxville and Knox County, reflecting the relentless rise of opiate abuse...
2016 in Review: ET's Unrelenting Opioid Scourge
The numbers are unrelenting. East Tennessee's opioid scourge, which has been rising steadily in recent years, continued unabated in 2016....
Roane County Anti-Drug Coalition Receives Donation to Save Lives
Roane County, TN – (December, 2016) The Roane County Anti-Drug Coalition and the Prescription Drug Task Force held an event in September...
52 Weeks, 52 Faces
The faces above and the stories below are a snapshot of the devastating opioid epidemic sweeping across the United States. Publicly...
Prescription Pill Abuse Tops Tobacco Use
The number of overdose deaths in Tennessee is climbing, and now Tennessee is number two in the nation for opioid abuse. Local 8 News...
1,451 Killed by Drug Overdoses in Tennessee in 2015
The number of Tennesseans dying from drug overdoses continues to increase, with a record number of deaths recorded in 2015. The Tennessee...
Tenn. Department of Health: Drug Overdose Death Toll Hits Record High
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) -- The Tennesee Department of Health released data showing that 1,451 people died from drug overdoses in the...