Governor’s Plan to Confront Opioid Epidemic Needs GOP Boost
Our institutional reflexes might be slow, but it is encouraging to see the emergence of substantive plans to address America’s opioid...
Doctors Concerned over Haslam’s Opioid Proposal
The state’s leading organization representing physicians is expressing concern about Gov. Bill Haslam’s recently released proposal to...
Miss Tennessee Caty Davis Attacks Addiction
Miss Tennessee Caty Davis takes the scourge of addiction personally. “I grew up in a family plagued by addiction. I have 12 family...
Knoxville Father Helping Homeless Through Outreach Center Named after His Son
KNOXVILLE (WATE) - Ira Grimes lost his 26-year-old son to a drug overdose in May 2017. "This right here is what you don't want......
Judge Weipert Tells Defendant ’Shame on You.”
During the hearing, Monroe County Assistant Prosecutor Allison M. Arnold said the community needs to know that supplying heroin can lead...
The Science of Addiction: How Opioids — and Environment — Change the Brain
In March, Stephen Loyd was scrolling through Google images for a PowerPoint presentation on addiction when a picture of a bottle of...