Knox County Report: Risk of Dying of Drug Overdose Highest Soon after Jail Release
Nearly half of the people who died of drug overdoses in Knox County last year had been arrested and/or jailed within the past five years...
WOVEN Aims to help Addicted Moms
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — Amanda Sims feared she would be arrested for using Suboxone during her pregnancy. So she skipped prenatal care. “I...
Report: Knox County Drug-Related Deaths Up by 31 Percent, with Fentanyl Taking Major Toll
More Knox Countians than ever before are dying from drugs – and fentanyl is the top killer. In 2016, Knox County saw a 31 percent...
Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT)
Medication-assisted treatment (MAT), including opioid treatment programs (OTPs), combines behavioral therapy and medications to treat...
Tennessee House Opioid Task Force Releases Recommendations
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Adding 25 Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agents, limiting emergency room prescriptions, and a new public...
Opioid Task Force's Recommendations to Combat Tennessee Epidemic: More TBI Agents, Prescription
A legislative task force released its recommendations on combating Tennessee's opioid epidemic Wednesday, issuing nearly two dozen...
