ETSU Officials Seeking $500,000 in State Funding for Prescription Drug Abuse Research
An East Tennessee lawmaker is trying to get more research funding for East Tennessee State University’s Center for Prescription Drug...
2 Insurers in Tennessee Reduce Opioid Prescriptions
Knoxville News Sentinel USA TODAY NETWORK - TENNESSEE Two of the state’s largest insurers say they’ve made significant reductions in the...
House Panel OKs, Advances Medical Cannabis Bill
Over the objections of law enforcement and health officials, a second House committee approved a bill Wednesday that would legally allow...
Jury Deems Heroin Supplier Guilty in Fatal Overdose of West Knoxville Woman
A jury on Thursday convicted a drug dealer of second-degree murder for selling to a middleman heroin that proved deadly for a West...
As Opioid Death Toll Keeps Growing, New Local Group Offers Support for Those Left Behind
The website of the Office of the District Attorney General has a real-time tracker for suspected overdose deaths in Knox County. “Right...
Man Charged in Fatal Overdose Confesses
An alleged heroin dealer accused in the fatal overdose of a West Knoxville woman insisted on taking the witness stand Wednesday against...