The OD Epidemic: WBIR Highlights Drug Overdose Crisis
Knox County is on pace -- right now -- to record 300 suspected drug overdose deaths in 2017. Three hundred. Almost one a day. As...
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Steve Earle Talks Opiates, Autism and Stolen Street Signs
KNOXVILLE - Steve Earle's topped country album charts with his debut album "Guitar Town" in 1986. Two years later "Copperhead Road" sold...
Are Doctors Overprescribing?
NASHVILLE - Adults with mental health disorders are consuming more than half of all painkillers prescribed in the United States,...
Drug Crisis is Nothing New for Knoxville
Local and state officials are alarmed about the opioid epidemic and overdose deaths it causes. The Federal Drug Administration approved...
Mothers Share Stories of Losing their Children to Opioid Oerdose
KNOXVILLE, TENN. - Several Knox County mothers are all shedding the stigma attached to what happened to their children by opening up...
Mt. Juliet Police Supplies Officers with Opioid Overdose Kits as Encounters Rise
The Mt. Juliet Police Department has equipped officers with opioid overdose kits to administer to the public or fellow officers as...
Opioid Crisis 'Knows No Bounds,' Says Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price
The opioid crisis that claims more than 50,000 American lives a year “is a scourge that knows no bounds” and will require more spending...
A Baby’s Life Shouldn’t Begin With Detox
When pregnant women take prescription medications or other drugs, their babies may be born dependent on those drugs. This condition is...
The OD Epidemic: WBIR Highlights Drug Overdose Crisis (Includes Daily Overdose Statistics)
Knox County is on pace -- right now -- to record 300 suspected drug overdose deaths in 2017. Three hundred. Almost one a day. As...
