Stolen Valor Act, opioid prescription bill passes House, Gov. Haslam set to sign seven-day wine sales bill

ETSU officials seeking $500,000 in state funding for prescription drug abuse research

An East Tennessee lawmaker is trying to get more research funding for East Tennessee State University’s Center for Prescription Drug Abuse Treatment and Prevention.

Governor candidate Black hears opioid treatment, prevention ideas from ETSU experts

On Monday morning, while campaigning in the Tri-Cities, Black stopped by the East Tennessee State University Bill Gatton of College of Pharmacy to participate in a roundtable discussion with officials from the university’s Center for Prescription Drug Abuse, Prevention and Treatment, a trailblazer in addiction treatment and prevention research.

Governors to Trump, Congress: Do more to solve opioid crisis

Governors of both parties are calling on Congress and President Donald Trump’s administration to provide more money and improve coordination to deal with America’s deadly opioid crisis.

Tennessee turns in 34 tons of unwanted, expired medications

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Officials say Tennesseans that participated in a national prescription drug disposal initiative turned in a record number of unwanted or expired medications.

Is your health getting worse?

Whether it’s Tennesseans’ indulgence in guilty pleasures like the “Southern diet,” tobacco use or the opioid crisis that has continued to plague the state, Tennessee has never been known as particularly healthy.

Johnson City police now carrying overdose reversal drug

A dose of naloxone can literally mean the difference between life or death for someone experiencing the symptoms of an opioid overdose.

Drugstore pain pills as effective as opioids in ER patients

$300 a month or $16 a day: Financing addiction treatment in Northeast Tennessee

Opioid addiction can ravage a user’s family, destroy lifelong friendships and deter career aspirations, leaving countless trials and tribulations in its wake.

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation finds fentanyl in cocaine

TBI scientists say it’s the first time they’ve seen the narcotic mixed in with cocaine.

East Tennessee one of 12 federal districts in pilot opioid fraud and abuse detection unit

“This program is specifically aimed at identifying opioid fraud and abuse in the healthcare fraud context,” U.S. Attorney Nancy Stallard Harr said. “Health care providers, clinic operators, nurse practitioners; anybody who is fraudulently land illegally distribution, that’s who we are going to be looking for.”

Northeast Tennessee to receive federal assistance with opioid fight

The federal government has joined the fight against opioid addiction, and the Eastern District of Tennessee was one of a dozen areas chosen participate in a drug fraud and abuse detection unit.

Kingsport clinic denies allegations in opioid lawsuit, wants 'pill mill' wording removed

A Kingsport clinic named in a lawsuit against opioid manufacturers denies the allegations against it and wants to have the terms "black market," "drug dealers," and "pill mill," removed when the clinic is mentioned in the suit.

Q&A on ETSU, Mountain States' addiction treatment center

As renovation work at the contentious clinic nears completion, officials from Mountain States and ETSU answered several Johnson City Press questions about how exactly its endeavor will operate:

Two nurses indicted in separate drug cases

Both nurses worked for Mountain States Health Alliance, both diverted drugs for their own use.