Tennessee Faces an Opioids Crisis. Here's How the Candidates for Governor Plan to Tackle It.
Tennessee’s top-tier gubernatorial candidates all agree the ongoing opioid epidemic is among the most critical issues facing the...
Keith Urban Offers Advice to Demi Lovato on Combating Addiction: 'It's All Up to Her'
Country superstar Keith Urban recently shared advice about overcoming addiction to Demi Lovato after she suffered an apparent overdose...
These Opioid Addicts Looked Dead. Then Nashville Police Reached for their 'Magic' Drug.
Officer Justin Franklin had just left the police station in Hermitage when his radio crackled to life. He rushed to the Old Hickory area,...
Doctors Restricted My Husband's Pain Medication. He Committed Suicide. | Opinion
There have recently been a few minor stories about the closing of Comprehensive Pain Specialists clinics across the region due to...
Chronic Pain Patients Caught in Middle Opioid Epidemic
Stricter regulations aimed to stop people from misusing prescription drugs are leaving patients who use opioids responsibly with greater...
Suspected Overdose Death Statistics
In response to the devastating spike of overdose deaths in Knox County, the Drug Related Task Force is proactively analyzing suspected...
CBD Oil Sold Freely in Knoxville, but State Law, Federal Policy Clash on Its Use
Cannabidiol oil, or CBD oil, derived from industrial hemp is sold freely at area health stores and vape shops. But if workers at Oak...
KPD Support Group Remembers Those Lost to Drug Overdose
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) -- "We've had to adjust to life without him," said Kim Jones, who lost her son to an overdose. Kim Jones lost her...
Families Remember Drug Overdose Victims Through Cross Painting
KNOXVILLE (WATE) - Purple crosses and purple ribbons, handmade by family members of drug overdose victims are waiting to to be put out in...
Running Race Against Pain
MEMPHIS — Leaning heavily on his walker, James Tuggle shuffled out of a Germantown pain clinic for the last time, trying to stay...