Trump Administration Awards Grants to States to Combat Opioid Crisis
HHS will administer grants totaling $485 million to all 50 states. Secretary Price sends letter to governors: “Through a sustained focus...
Program Aims to Meet Addicts' Health Needs Long Term
As early as 2010, they began to see the signs of the coming epidemic. Patients came in for primary care with needle tracks on their arms...
TN Bill would Allow Anti-Opioid Overdose Drug to be Carried, Used in Schools
A drug used to reverse the effects of a drug overdose may soon be coming to classrooms across Tennessee. The life-saving drug, Naloxone,...
Small-Town Struggles: Addiction, Lack of Resources Plague Health Providers at TN-KY Border
A dozen years ago, Dr. Geogy Thomas wasn’t prepared to see pregnant women addicted to pain medication in his little rural primary-care...
The Phone of the Spirit
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