Nashville Mayor Megan Barry's Son Dies from Apparent Overdose, Prompting Outpouring of Support
So often it has been Nashville Mayor Megan Barry seeking to comfort the city during times of tragedy. But now, Nashvillians are providing their support for her and family after Max Barry, the only child of the mayor and her husband Bruce Barry, died Saturday night from an apparent drug overdose. His death occurred in Littleton, Colo., a suburb of Denver, where the 22-year-old Max Barry had recently moved after graduating college. It left Mayor Barry, the public face of Nashvi
Commission Urges President Trump to Declare Emergency over Opioid Crisis
A White House commission called for a national emergency over the opioid epidemic in a report released Monday. By declaring a national emergency, President Trump's cabinet would be able to take action and would force Congress to find funding for solutions, according to the interim report from the Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis. "It would also awaken every American to this simple fact: If this scourge has not found you or your family yet, without
Nashville Mayor Megan Barry's Son Dies from Apparent Overdose, Prompting Outpouring of Support
Max Barry, the mayor's only son, died in Colorado of an apparent drug overdose, the mayor's office said in a statement. So often it has been Nashville Mayor Megan Barry seeking to comfort the city during times of tragedy. But now, Nashvillians are providing their support for her and family after Max Barry, the only child of the mayor and her husband Bruce Barry, died Saturday night from an apparent drug overdose. His death occurred in Littleton, Colo., a suburb of Denver, whe
Addiction Is Like an Ill-Advised Love Affair
When I first took heroin, I felt like I was home, safe and loved—after years of dread, rejection, and loneliness. Even though I was in a dismal New York City welfare hotel room and had just discovered that my boyfriend had been with another woman, the drug allowed me to feel as though I had the radiant warmth of unconditional acceptance, the bliss of being truly cared for. That, quite obviously, was not what I'd been experiencing seconds before I snorted it. Like mine, most a
UT Medical Center Program Encourages Drug Addicted Mothers to Detox
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) -- Doctors from the UT Medical Center offered some promising statistics amid an ongoing opioid crisis. Births of drug dependent babies in East Tennessee have decreased 12 percent. In Knoxville alone, those births have decreased 18 percent. Dr. Robert Elder said a big part of that is the way doctors are treating drug addicted pregnant women at UT Medical Center: through detox. On Wednesday, the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists approv
Fentanyl: Can You Oerdose by Touching It?
KNOXVILLE, TENN. - One opioid of concern for law enforcement is Fentanyl, a drug the CDC says is 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine. There have been reports of people dying from an overdose of this drug in other states, just by touching it. Knoxville Police say a woman who used to work at Burger King on Merchants Drive almost overdosed by accidentally touching a powder substance. The woman told 10News she was cleaning the bathroom when it happened. She said she picked
Man Convicted on Federal Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering Charges in Nashville
A man at the center of a multi-state heroin and cocaine distribution operation has been found guilty by a federal jury in Nashville following a two-week trial. Ricky “Boom” Thompson, 43, of Toledo, Ohio, was convicted Friday of conspiracy to distribute more than 1 kilogram of heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine, conspiracy to commit money laundering, possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking and conspiracy to commit witness intimidation. Heroin distributed throu
Morristown Doctor Added as Seventh Defendant in Opioid Lawsuit
A Morristown doctor has been added as the seventh defendant in a lawsuit filed against three major pharmaceutical companies, a Kingsport clinic and two individuals by three Northeast Tennessee district attorneys general alleging that they all contributed to Tennessee’s “opioid epidemic.” Dr. Abdelrahman Hassabu Mohamed is accused in the suit of participating in the “illegal drug market for opioids.” Mohamed is the owner and operator of Hamblen Neuroscience Center in Morristow
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Sees Sky-High Rate of Opioid Use
Opioid Epidemic: Tennessee leads the nation in number of opioid prescriptions per person and has a five-year death toll that has climbed to 6,036. Find out more: opioid.knoxnews.com https://www.facebook.com/knoxnews/photos/a.89043062648.75027.18884137648/10155452884767649/?type=3&theater
Buffat Heights Baptist Church will start a Recovery Ministry
Our Executive Director is at Buffat Heights Baptist Church breakfast this morning. They announced the church will be starting a recovery ministry in September called Living Free. Other churches in the area are also encouraged to join!
If you are interested in starting a recovery ministry at your church, please contact Metro Drug Coalition. https://www.facebook.com/MetroDrug/photos/a.121411331208498.22664.120057558010542/1761974677152147/?type=3&theater