New Task Force Tackles Local Opiate Abuse

New task force tackles local opiate abuse
The assembly this month included more than 30 people representing disparate community groups, local, regional and state agencies and others impacted by the problem, including Karen Sims of Leyden, who lost her granddaughter to a heroin overdose in … Read more on The Recorder


Number of drug addicted babies climbs in Tennessee
They are babies dependent on drugs like oxycodone, hydrocodone, morphine and methadone. And withdrawal from these … It's the leading cause of accidental death in the state, with 1,062 people dying from drug overdoses in 2011. It's an epidemic that … Read more on Chattanooga Times Free Press