Four Arrested in Roane County after $10,000 Methamphetamine Bust
A quarter pound of methamphetamine — worth approximately $10,000 — was allegedly found in van outside a Harriman motel and in a motel...
Surgeon General at Vanderbilt: Ask about Naloxone — You Might Save a Life
Surgeon General Jerome Adams on Friday urged anyone who steps into a pharmacy in Tennessee to ask if they stock and sell Naloxone. It's a...
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,...
Knox County Data on Teen Depression, Suicide Is 'Screaming' for Community's Attention
One in three Knox County public high school students said they felt sad and hopeless for two weeks in a row or more — enough to stop...
Rep. Marsha Blackburn Defends Role in Passing Opioid Law That Critics Say Undercut DEA
WASHINGTON – Rep. Marsha Blackburn, a key player in the passage of a federal law that critics say has made it more difficult to restrain...
Opioid Crisis Now 'Public Health Emergency': What Will That Mean for Tennessee?
President Donald Trump's speech Thursday afternoon naming the opioid crisis a "national public health emergency" wasn't the bold...
Opinion | Early Intervention Helps Protect Our Kids from the Opioid Crisis
I’ve been honest about what opioid addiction has done to members of my own family. Since our troubles were described in a story in the...
For Years, Heroin Has Been the Deadliest Drug in Nashville. Not Anymore.
It looks like just a few grains of salt, too small to taste, but hiding in these tiny white crystals is an unpredictable power to kill....
Out of the Shadows: Hope on the Streets | Knoxville's Homeless
The most recent data shows more than 9,000 people in Knoxville received some kind of homeless services in 2016. But, the number of people...
Hepatitis A Outbreak
The Tennessee Dept. of Health is working with Metro Nashville Public Health Department on an outbreak of Hepatitis A, a...
