Knoxville Mother Pushes Tougher Penalties for Drug Dealers after Son's Overdoes Death
A mother is pushing state lawmakers to save other families from suffering the same fate as her son. Henry Granju was 18 when he died in...
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Tri-Cities Mother Who Lost Son to Substance Abuse Hopeful after Haslam Plan
NASHVILLE/BRISTOL, TN (WJHL) – Tennessee’s governor unveiled his plan to fight the state’s prescription drug and opioid crisis and a...
Drug Court Christmas Breakfast Celebrates Second Chances
NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) - Christmas breakfast never tasted so good at Judge Seth Norman’s Davidson County drug court. For 20 years, the...
Mother Uses Pain of Son's Overdose Death to Wage War Against Addiction
Fifteen minutes after police told Jacqueline Perrine her son had died of a heroin overdose, the shaken woman walked toward her 9-year-old...
Mother Uses Pain of Son's Overdose Death to Wage War Against Addiction
Fifteen minutes after police told Jacqueline Perrine her son had died of a heroin overdose, the shaken woman walked toward her 9-year-old...
Vanderbilt Pain Specialist Lost Brother to Possible Drug Overdose, Now Helps Others
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Dr. Dan Lonergan says relapse is the biggest risk for patients recovering from opioid addiction. The drugs work...
Opioid Epidemic is Personal for Oliver Springs Police Chief
Oliver Springs Police Chief Kenneth Morgan is the third top law enforcement officer in East Tennessee who is sharing their story of...
East TN Woman to Meet with President Trump, Share Story of Addiction and Recovery
An East Tennessee woman is heading to the White House this week to speak with President Donald Trump about the opioid epidemic. Mallie...
Opioid Czar: Former Pill Abuser Now Battles Drug Epidemic in Tennessee
He woke up hazy, face plastered against a long aluminum bench, looking up at two campus policemen staring back at him. A hot sun beat...