An Opioid Alternative: Vanderbilt Doctor's Relief Retreats Give Pain Patients Their Lives Back
Becky Crawford didn't have a severe medical event, but chronic lower back pain could cripple her. She would spend six days a week in bed,...
DEA Must Turn over Opioid Tracking Data for Every State, Federal Judge Orders
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration must turn over confidential records that have tracked the exact number of opioids delivered to...
With 'After the Miracle,' Addiction Counselor Offers Real-World Advice About Recover
From 1995 until 2016, David Hampton served as the director of Worship and Arts Ministries at Christ Community Church in Franklin. Nearly...
Opinion | 3 Ways a Federal Bill Will Help Fight the Opioid Crisis
Here’s a true story that is hard to hear, and hard to forget: Becky Savage, a mother of four boys, wakes up one morning in June 2015, ...
Lawmakers Push Sweeping Changes to 'Safekeeping' Law, Ban Sending Teen Safekeepers to Prison
Tennessee lawmakers are ready to add significant new safeguards to a law that allows judges to send children, men and women not convicted...
Most Tennesseans Support 'Dreamers,' Some Marijuana Legalization, MTSU Poll Says
Most Tennesseans support protections for people who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children and the limited legalization of...
Police: Nashville Couple Charged After 'Urine-Soaked' Infants Found under Trash Bags in Car
A man and woman from Nashville were arrested Wednesday after police found their twin infants freezing in soiled diapers underneath bags...
Hard-Won Compromise Likely Means Limits for First-Time Opioid Prescriptions in Tennessee
The Haslam administration, lawmakers and health care providers may have finally reached a compromise that will put limits on the supply...
Opinion | I Support Medical Marijuana, Not Political Marijuana
Marijuana growing in flower window boxes, melting cakes, planner flip-outs, tripping flower girls and a bride that doesn't understand how...
Nashville Company Battling Opioid Addictions Raises $8 Million
180 Health Partners, a Nashville-based behavioral health company battling the opioid epidemic, has raised $8 million to fund its...
