Pain Clinic Doctor Arrested in Opioid Fraud Scheme Plans to Fight Charges
A Clarksville pain clinic doctor and pastor has been arrested in what federal prosecutors called a “massive” opioid distribution and...
Woman Faces Murder Charge in Fentanyl Overdose Death, Knox Sheriff Says
A 27-year-old woman faces a second-degree murder charge after Knox County authorities say she gave the powerful painkiller fentanyl to a...
TEDxNashville Nomination Form
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Overdose Victims Remembered Through Memorial Tree during the Holidays
Displayed outside of the Knox County District Attorney General’s Office is a tree with a different purpose than the festive trees lining...
TDH Public Health Advisory
The Tennessee Department of Health has updated its January 2017 public health advisory to reflect recently published research of...
The New Tobacco
Kyle Owen, 36, leans against a wooden post, smoking a cigarette, gazing at the crops stockpiled in his barn. A row of rusted wagons are...
Shooter in Justified Homicide Gets Jail in Drug Dealing
David Paul Beets ducked charges for killing a woman who came to his Knoxville home to buy heroin, claiming he heard someone breaking in...
Judge: Drugmakers Aren’t Drug Dealers
Knoxville News Sentinel USA TODAY NETWORK - TENNESSEE JACKSBORO – Sure, Big Pharma pushes deadly, addictive drugs onto Tennessee’s...
China to Curb Shipments of Fentanyl to US
Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to help tamp down on shipments of hyper-dangerous drugs into the United States in a win for the Trump...
Michigan-Based Drug Trafficking Organization Busted in Harriman
Roane County, Tenn. — A Detroit drug trafficking organization was busted in Harriman on Nov. 30. According to a release from the Roane...