More than 90 percent of the women in Tennessee county jails are serving time because of drugs, according to Tennessee's drug recovery court. "Our rural counties have been disproportionately affected by the opioid problem," said Dr. Tara Sturdivant, Director of the East Tennessee Regional Health Office. The office provides health services to the 15 rural counties around Knox County. One of the outcomes of the opioid epidemic in Tennessee has been the nearly 1,000 babies born e

KNOXVILLE (WATE) – Knoxville police officers were able to rescue a driver and passenger with a lifesaving dose of Naloxone after a drug overdose led to a crash in West Knoxville on Thursday. The Knoxville Police Department says they were called to a two vehicle crash on Lovell Road. A vehicle had rolled into the vehicle in front of them, which had stopped for a red light. When officers arrived, they found the driver and passenger in the vehicle that caused the crash were both

Substance use disorder is a chronic brain disorder from which people can and do recover. Through the Affordable Care Act and other actions, this Administration has taken significant steps to help millions of people receive quality care, sustain recovery, and live healthy and productive lives. However, persistent stigma still creates barriers to treatment and recovery. To help address this, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy prepared a document for Federal

If Jamie Chiles Cordes sold on the street the opiates she put in the hands of addicts, she would have been staring down as many as nine years behind bars Friday. But because she wore a medical coat and used prescriptions to deal drugs, she walked away instead with 54 months. The disparity was not lost on U.S. District Judge Pamela Reeves at Friday's sentencing hearing in U.S. District Court for former nurse practitioner Cordes but neither, she said, was the reason behind it.

If Jamie Chiles Cordes sold on the street the opiates she put in the hands of addicts, she would have been staring down as many as nine years behind bars Friday. But because she wore a medical coat and used prescriptions to deal drugs, she walked away instead with 54 months. The disparity was not lost on U.S. District Judge Pamela Reeves at Friday's sentencing hearing in U.S. District Court for former nurse practitioner Cordes but neither, she said, was the reason behind it.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) -- In downtown Knoxville, directly across the intersection of Bearden and North Broadway sits an unpretentious warehouse. Once inside, however, you learn what's happening is anything but unassuming. "We're just a pretty small business that's trying to make an impact. It's not about how much, but helping out one person at a time," Greg Love said. Love is the co-founder of a clothing line called Kred (pronounced Kreed). Kred is stitched a different way.

A Sevier County corrections officer was booked into the jail where he once worked Thursday after being arrested on charges of smuggling drugs into the jail, according to the Sevier County Sheriff's Office. After learning of a plan to smuggle narcotics into the Sevier County Jail Annex to deliver to an inmate, deputies searched the possessions of a corrections officer, 24-year-old Joshua Davis, as he was reporting to work, according to a news release from the Sheriff's Office.

A Sevier County corrections officer was booked into the jail where he once worked Thursday after being arrested on charges of smuggling drugs into the jail, according to the Sevier County Sheriff's Office. After learning of a plan to smuggle narcotics into the Sevier County Jail Annex to deliver to an inmate, deputies searched the possessions of a corrections officer, 24-year-old Joshua Davis, as he was reporting to work, according to a news release from the Sheriff's Office.

In Roane County, Tenn., the legal and personal costs of the opioid epidemic collide at the county courthouse. As an assistant to the local prosecutor, Charlene Hipsher helped launch a special "recovery court" with the goal of getting drug addicts into treatment instead of jail. "Roane County is such a beautiful part of the country, with lush mountains and beautiful rivers," Hipsher says. "But we do have a terrible problem here, and it's opiate addiction." Hipsher says recover