TN Makes Naloxone Available without Rx
Tennessee has passed legislation that will allow authorized pharmacists statewide to dispense naloxone, the opioid overdose antidote,...
East TN Nonprofit Fighting Addiction Stigma, Fear of Calling for Help
Every morning, Charme Allen says she starts her day looking over a list of all the deaths in Knox County the night before. It's not what...
Group: Laws Protect Those Who Help Stop OD Deaths
Donna Towe said if love or money could have saved her daughter, Taygan, she'd still be alive. Towe said Taygan, 29, who died in July...
New Billboard Campaign Looks to Stop Overdose Deaths
A group of East Tennesseans unveiled a new effort to reduce overdose deaths Monday. Tennessee Overdose Prevention gathered 12 families...
Alum Advocates for Heroin Addicts’ Recovery
Morse’s efforts include training families to use Narcan Several days after her first overdose, Bethany Morse opened her eyes in a...
Taygan's Team aims to prevent drug overdose deaths
11:25 p.m. EDT August 31, 2015 "We knew that we had to reunite and do something to honor her, and try to help someone not go through the...
Knoxville community comes together to help prevent drug overdose
KNOXVILLE (WATE) – More than 130 people died of drug overdoses last year in Knox County, the second highest in the state. Many families...