Overdoses Killed 1,776 in Tennessee Last Year
Drug overdose deaths continued to rise throughout Tennessee last year, primarily because of a dramatic spike in deaths attributed to...
National Addiction Nonprofit Launches Resource Database in Tennessee; Mother Close to Cause Heads Lo
After losing her son, David, to a drug overdose in 2015, Rhonda Coffey knew she couldn’t let his legacy fade. “Even with his disease,”...
Overdose Deaths Show No Signs of a Turnaround in Tennessee
Last year set another record for overdose deaths in Tennessee. The state's health department released the latest figures Monday that...
Tennessee Deaths from Drug Overdoses Increase in 2017
NASHVILLE – Tennessee Department of Health data show 1,776 Tennesseans died from drug overdoses in 2017, the highest annual number of...
U.S. Proposes Cutting Opioid Manufacturing
What’s one way to cut the number of opioid drugs diverted for abuse? Cut the quantities being manufacturing — or so the government hopes....
U.S. Proposes Cutting Opioid Manufacturing
What’s one way to cut the number of opioid drugs diverted for abuse? Cut the quantities being manufacturing — or so the government hopes....
Tennessee Deaths from Drug Overdoses Increase in 2017
NASHVILLE – Tennessee Department of Health data show 1,776 Tennesseans died from drug overdoses in 2017, the highest annual number of...
OxyContin Maker: Doctors, Patients, Drug Dealers to Blame for Opioid Epidemic
The makers of the addictive and deadly drug OxyContin have one message for Tennessee residents and their attorney general: Don’t blame us...
Lawsuit: Purdue Targeted Nurse Practitioners, PAs
The medical community has long valued “midlevel providers” — nurse practitioners and physician assistants — for the role they can play in...
'Dreamland' Journalist: Purdue Pharma Lawsuit Implies Not Much Changed — Except Awareness
When journalist Sam Quinones read the lawsuit Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery filed against Purdue Pharma, unsealed at the end...
