TENNESSEE OVERDOSE PREVENTION
International Overdose Awareness Day Event 2017
September 01, 2017
'We Do Recover': Hundreds Gather to Mourn 30 Percent Spike in Local OD Deaths, Offer Hope
By: Kristi L. Nelson
More than 300 people gathered at the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame to memorialize lives lost to drugs and talk about how to stem the tide of new deaths.
It was a few minutes after 8 p.m. when Michael Crawley’s harmonica drawled the sweet strains of “Amazing Grace” and a few hundred people grabbed candles.
August 29, 2017
As Overdose Death Toll Rises, Grassroots Group Fights Stigma with Overdose Awareness Event
By: Kristi L. Nelson
On Thursday night, as the lights across the Henley Bridge glow purple, some will mourn the loss of a loved one. Some will be grateful for a second chance.
And some, Nancy Daniels hopes, will see it as a beacon, will see that they have support to pull them out of the depths of drug addiction...
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Leann Human-Hilliard
Regional Vice-President
Helen Ross McNabb
Kenneth Irvine
Assistant District Attorney: Knox County
Lee Tramel
Assistant Chief Deputy Knox County Sheriff's Office
Chief Gary Holiday
Naloxone Program
Knoxville Police Department (KPD)
Catherine Brunson
ASAP
Karen Pershing
Executive Director Metro Drug Coalition
Dr. Tom Reach
In Recovery
Owner, Watauga Recovery Center
Medical Director, Tennessee Overdose Prevention (TOP)
Ron Hanaver
In Recovery
Director, Knox County Recovery Court
Shaun McComas
In Recovery
Rocky Top Recovery
University of Tennessee
Sara Alese
In Recovery, Outreach Director
Positively Living
Kelli Shoopman
In Recovery
Certified Peer Recovery Specialist Turned the bridges purple starting in Knoxville, then Nashville & Memphis
Sherry Petrowski
The Addict's Family - Knoxville
Mother of Chris Sullivan
Tyler Trotter
In recovery
Successful entrepreneur
Janie New
Mimi's Place - Grandparent's Support
Heather Ruzic
Mother of Caleb
Dave Pelsor
In Recovery
Father of Zachary
Donna Towe
Mother of Taygan
Taygan's Team
Kendall Morris
WBIR Reporter
Kristi Nelson
Knoxville News Sentinel Reporter
Jason Goodman