Tennessee is set to receive federal funding that can be used to improve opioid prescription tracking databases and enhance community awareness programs. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is distributing $53 million in funding for various programs that bolster opioid overdose awareness and addiction treatment services to 44 states, Washington, D.C., and four […]
Next Nashville Storytellers To Focus On Addiction, Recovery
In Tennessee, more people died from opioid overdoses than in car accidents or by gunshots in 2014. For every one person who dies nationally, there are 851 people in various stages of misuse, abuse and treatment, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The abuse epidemic, as The Tennessean reported earlier this year, […]