Sentenced to 17 Years for Low-Level Drug Charge, Nashville Man Gets Freedom Thanks to Deal with Pros
When Annetta Bryant saw her son turn the corner Wednesday morning, she clasped her hands under her chin and beamed with pride. Tears gathered at the corners of her eyes as the truth became clear. Calvin Bryant had walked into Courtroom 6A in shackles for the last time. He was free. The young man got a 17-year sentence for a non-violent drug offense committed in 2008. It was his first criminal charge, but his penalty matched sentences typically doled out to people convicted of
Paramedic Hurt Patient on Purpose, Then Bragged about It on Facebook, State Says
Two years ago an East Tennessee paramedic bragged on Facebook that he intentionally drilled into a patient’s bone without anesthesia, then allegedly told other first responders this was a “teachable moment” on how to deal with troublesome patients. The paramedic also instructed another first responder to insert a plastic breathing tube deep into the same patient’s nose but told her to coat the tube with alcohol-based hand sanitizer instead of lubricant. “If you should ever fi
Bredesen Touts Drug Plan, Promises Moderate Approach
In an interview Monday at the Times-Gazette offices, former governor and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Phil Bredesen discussed his proposed prescription plan and how it compares to a similar plan proposed by President Trump. There are a number of medications for which the price paid by U.S. patients is several times the price paid in other developed nations like Germany or France. For example, in 2015 Bloomberg News reported that the cholesterol-lowering pill Crestor had a
Attacking Opioid Crisis at Work: Companies' Cultural Changes Could Stave Off Addiction, UT Resea
How can companies get more out of their employees? By giving them what they need to be productive, a team of University of Tennessee industrial engineers has found. As for what it is they need, the engineers have studied that, too. And they'll present that information Nov. 9 at an industry symposium, "Creating an Operational Excellence Culture for the Millennial Workforce," at the downtown Hilton, 501 W. Church Ave. It's the second annual symposium the Center for Advanced Sys
Faith-Based Leader Monte Burks Makes a Compelling Case for Understanding Stigma in Regard to Substan
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Marsha Blackburn Doesn't Show up for Tennessee, by Tennessee True
Marsha Blackburn doesn't show up for Tennessee. She couldn’t be bothered to vote for critical opioid legislation and she voted against necessary funding to help combat that opioid crisis in Tennessee.
Ex-DEA Official Says Blackburn had Warning on Opioid Law
A former Drug Enforcement Administration official says he told staffers who work with Tennessee Rep. Marsha Blackburn exactly what to expect from a 2016 law she co-sponsored during the nation's opioid crisis. He ripped into her later suggestion the law may have had "unintended consequences." Joe Rannazzisi said in an interview with The Associated Press that he told the congressional staffers during a July 2014 conference call that the bill would hamper the DEA's ability to go
The Opioid Crisis
Honored to have shared the stage today with Marylou, Katherine Hernandez Rundle, and Andrea Roane as we talked about the Opioid crisis at the final panel session at IWF Global Women’s Conference. https://www.facebook.com/mayormeganbarry/posts/1052081388249744?__tn__=C-R