New Program Focuses on Substance Abuse Recovery for KCS Students
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A new program between Knox County Schools, Knox County, the Boyd Foundation and the McNabb Center hopes to combat substance abuse in high schoolers. The Elevate Program would support students in recovery and provide support treatment while also focusing on academics. It's been years in the making and now coming at a time when it's needed more than ever. "1 in 5 families have been touched through substance use or abuse," said Mona Blanton-Kitts with McNabb C
Tennessee Attorney General Sues Food City over "Eye-Popping" Opioid Prescription Numbers
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Attorney General called the number of opioid pills distributed by a West Knoxville Food City pharmacy "eye-popping" in an interview a day after the state sued the grocery chain for its pill distribution in the midst of the opioid epidemic. In a 209 page lawsuit, Tennessee accuses the Food City in Bearden of filling enough prescriptions for addictive opioids to give 130 pills to every man, woman and child in Knoxville. In a statement, Food City
Food City Fueled an Opioid Firestorm, Says Tennessee AG, and It Should Pay
Food City executives turned the grocery chain into ground zero of the region's opioid crisis, building a massive pill pipeline, ignoring illegal secondary sales in its parking lots and squashing neighborhood complaints, the Tennessee Attorney General’s office says in a lawsuit filed Thursday. “Over the last 15 years, Food City has sold massive quantities of opioids, persistently failed to maintain effective controls against diversion, and taken affirmative steps to undermine