Suing Wholesalers Won't Help Tennessee Solve Opioid Crisis
We do not need to review statistics to tell us we have too many opioid overdose deaths in Tennessee or that families and communities are...
CDC Warns of Serious Coagulopathy Outbreak Linked to Synthetic Cannabinoids
In response to a multistate outbreak of coagulopathy related to synthetic cannabinoids, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Hepatitis A Outbreak Confirmed in Nashville
NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) - Metro Public Health Department officials announced on Friday details of a hepatitis A outbreak occurring in...
Sullivan Judge Denies Dismissing Northeast Tennessee Opioid Lawsuit
BRISTOL, Tenn. — Motions made by three pharmaceutical companies and a local doctor to dismiss a lawsuit that seeks to hold them...
Wilson County Schools Weighs Drug-Testing Athletes, Which Would Join Sumner, Trousdale
Wilson County Schools will explore joining a limited number of districts that administer random drug tests to high school athletes and...
Agent: North Knox Man Buying Deadly Fentanyl from China, Korea
Authorities say a North Knoxville man was buying cheap but deadly fentanyl – a synthetic opiate showing up with fatal consequences in...
Agent: North Knox Man Buying Deadly Fentanyl from China, Korea
Authorities say a North Knoxville man was buying cheap but deadly fentanyl – a synthetic opiate showing up with fatal consequences in...
Pets Used to Score Pills; East Tenn. Veterinarians Fight Back with Stem Cells
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - As the opioid crisis continues to worsen in East Tennessee, it's not just physicians who are on the lookout for...
Four Arrested in Roane County after $10,000 Methamphetamine Bust
A quarter pound of methamphetamine — worth approximately $10,000 — was allegedly found in van outside a Harriman motel and in a motel...
Surgeon General at Vanderbilt: Ask about Naloxone — You Might Save a Life
Surgeon General Jerome Adams on Friday urged anyone who steps into a pharmacy in Tennessee to ask if they stock and sell Naloxone. It's a...
