Unwanted Medicine Collection Being Held June 17
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) -- The Knoxville Police Department, the Knox County and City of Knoxville Waste Offices, the Knox County Health...
Tennessee House Speaker Asks Attorney General to Consider Suing Drug Firms
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee House Speaker Beth Harwell is asking the state attorney general to consider suing painkiller...
Prescription Pill Abuse Tops Tobacco Use
The number of overdose deaths in Tennessee is climbing, and now Tennessee is number two in the nation for opioid abuse. Local 8 News...
Tenn. Department of Health: Drug Overdose Death Toll Hits Record High
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) -- The Tennesee Department of Health released data showing that 1,451 people died from drug overdoses in the...
Mom Charged with giving Kids Heroin to help them Sleep
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) -- A Washington state mother is charged with giving her three small children heroin after a boy told investigators his...