Helen Ross McNabb Center Cuts Ribbon on Morristown's First 'Recovery Home'
Morristown's first 'Recovery Home' marked the official open Monday morning with a ribbon cutting. The Recovery Home is a four-unit...
I Was Addicted: TN High School, College Students React to FDA Ban on Flavored E-cigarettes
Backpacks filled with empty nicotine cartridges, hallway sales of e-cigarettes and bathrooms clouded with vapor — this is a typical day...
Author Says Isolation Fuels Opioid Crisis
Knoxville News Sentinel USA TODAY NETWORK - TENNESSEE “The antidote to heroin is not naloxone,” journalist Sam Quinones told 450 people...
Tennessee Dentist Wrote 71 Opioid Prescriptions to a Single Patient in Just Six Months
A small-town Tennessee dentist has lost his professional license after admitting to giving about 200 opioid prescriptions to a handful of...
Hepatitis A Cases in Nashville Grows to 150, Health Dept. Urging People to Get Vaccinated
There are now 150 confirmed confirmed cases of Hepatitis A in Nashville since December, according to officials with Metro Public Health...
Westmoreland PD Helps Get People Off Drugs
Nashville Tennessean USA TODAY NETWORK -TENNESSEE Within 48 hours in early November, the Westmoreland Police Department had two residents...