Recovery Navigators Provide Path to Treatment for Tennessee Addicts
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) - A team of reformed addicts is meeting Tennessee's opioid crisis head-on, speaking with people in their weakest...
Tennessee Lawmakers Want to Prosecute Moms of Drug-Exposed Babies and That's Wrong | Opinion
A Nashville-area laboratory that analyzes drug tests from across the country says last year it found fentanyl urine samples along side...
Eight Recovery Court Graduates Celebrated Sobriety Wednesday
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) - Davidson County General Sessions Recovery Court held graduation today at the Birch Building in Downtown...
SHOUT OUT to TN's Network of Regional Overdose Prevention Specialists (ROPS).
SHOUT OUT to TN's network of Regional Overdose Prevention Specialists (ROPS). Today we are announcing a milestone - confirming 35,000...
Cost of Opioid Crisis Keeps Going Up & You're Paying for It
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) - Tennessee and the nation have been battling the fentanyl and opioid crisis for nearly a decade. Taxpayers fund...
Recovery Programs Evolve to Treat the Whole Person
Kristie Wolbers was the only nursing student in her graduating class to go into behavioral health. "My patients who had substance use...
Need for Narcan on the Rise in Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) - The opioid crisis is causing a strain across the state, but relief lies in a nasal spray. Narcan (naloxone)...
Fentanyl's Potency Creates Hurdle in Fighting Opioid Overdoses
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) - Overdose deaths are skyrocketing across the country from synthetic opioids. According to the Centers for...
Tennessee First Responders Face Deadly Dilemma When Confronting Fentanyl
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) - The calls never stop, and the risk is only greater. They come with increased danger, as police, fire and EMT’s...
Suspect Known as "Boogie" Linked to Overdoses, Captured in Nashville
CHEATHAM COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) - The search is over for a man accused of dealing heroin who escaped from deputies. He's known by the name...
