With the help of a $1.3 million grant from the BlueCross Health Foundation, the Coffee County Anti-Drug Coalition (CCADC) is expanding its program Count It! Lock It! Drop It! The program, which focuses on fighting prescription drug abuse, is now going statewide. The CCADC has been providing free lock boxes to help members of the […]
Fighting for our lives: Tennessee’s opioid crisis
Tennesseans will soon hear about Count it! Lock it! Drop it!, a grass-roots effort of Coffee County’s Anti-Drug Coalition. “What’s wrong, Mama?” That’s the question Olivia asked her mother, Beth, who was wrestling with her own question, “Will Olivia make it?” For years, Olivia had struggled with pain pill addiction and all that comes with […]