Opioid Maker Agrees to Pay $225M to Settle Federal Probes
WASHINGTON (AP) — An opioid manufacturer has agreed to pay $225 million to resolve federal investigations into allegations that it paid...
Restaurant Owner Serves Free Meals for Programs Helping People Battle Addictions
ETOWAH, Tenn. — A restaurant owner in McMinn County is offering free meals for programs helping men and women battle drug and alcohol...
Paper Seeks to Unseal Lawsuit
Motion: Make records public in opioid case Tennesseans deserve to know the details on who’s to blame for the opioid epidemic that’s left...
Fentanyl Now Mixed with Crack Cocaine and Ecstasy, Causing Local Spike in Overdoses
Drug dealers are increasingly supplying their crack cocaine and ecstasy users with drugs tainted with fentanyl. According to the Hamilton...
Eyes on Potential HIV, Hepatitis C Outbreak, Experts Say
TRI-CITIES, TENN. (WJHL) - Editor's note: The original article said illicit drug use is a risk factor for Hepatitis A. While this is...
Memphis Police: 12 Opioid Overdoses in 24 Hours, Two Deaths
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Memphis police are sounding the alarm after a startling spike in opioid overdoses. As of Friday afternoon, they said 12...
Memphis Police: 12 Opioid Overdoses in 24 Hours, Two Deaths
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Memphis police are sounding the alarm after a startling spike in opioid overdoses. As of Friday afternoon, they said 12...
Tennessee 'Rock Doc' Traded Opioids and Fentanyl Patches for Sex
Jeffrey Young wanted to give you a real look inside his clinic. But maybe, just maybe, he showed too much. Young, 43, a Tennessee nurse...
Vanderbilt Starts Addiction Clinic So Overdose Patients Have Somewhere To Go after the ER
Nashville's largest hospital is launching a part-time addiction clinic, so overdose victims have somewhere close to go after the...
Police Agencies Turn to Home Narcan Revival Kits to Combat Opioid Overdoses
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — When Officer Dan Armbruster heads out for a shift, he's got one of his main tools not on his toolbelt, but riding...
