Some Tennessee hospitals have almost entirely stopped prescribing opioids after women give birth, while others are still giving addictive narcotics to nearly every new mother as they go home.
Report: Many Prolific Opioid Prescribers Have Gone Overlooked By Tennessee Regulators
Tennessee health officials haven’t been questioning many of the state’s highest opioid prescribers. Of the most prolific, half have never triggered an inquiry, and most have never been disciplined.
2019 Will Be A Record Year For Fatal Overdoses In Nashville — By Far
It will be another record year for fatal overdoses in Nashville. Newly released figures show the 2018 figure was eclipsed at the end of September.
DEA Acknowledges Flaws In Opioid Distribution Database But Won’t Clear Murfreesboro Pharmacy
The Drug Enforcement Agency is refusing to publicly correct alleged flaws in an opioid distribution database published by The Washington Post. A pharmacy owned by state Sen. Shane Reeves has conducted its own recount and says it found major errors that inflated its total by as much as 30 times.
Fears Grow That Drug Dependent Newborns Won’t See Much Aid From Opioid Settlements
The image of shaking babies in hospital nurseries, withdrawing from opioids used by their mother, is referenced in many of the lawsuits against drug companies, aimed at punishing them for contributing to the opioid crisis. But there are growing concerns that those same newborns name-dropped in litigation will be left out of the settlements being […]
In Final State Of The State Speech, Haslam Focuses On Accomplishments, Not New Plans
Listen Governor Bill Haslam presented a limited agenda Monday night, in an unusually reflective and retrospective State of the State speech. In his final statewide address as governor, Haslam spent most of his time highlighting what he sees as his successes, including low unemployment and an improving education system. But as for new proposals — […]
As Opioid Deaths Rise, Tennessee Governor Proposes More Money For Treatment, Tighter Prescriptions
Listen Creating a 500-bed treatment facility for addicted inmates, limiting the duration of new opioid prescriptions to just a few days, and putting more drug enforcement officers on the streets. Those are some of the ideas Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam is pitching to combat the opioid crisis — which despite past efforts, has continued to […]
One Cost Tennessee Agencies Are Figuring Into Their Budgets — The Toll Of Opioids
Listen Twenty-five more drug agents. That’s what the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is hoping to add in the coming year to aid in efforts to combat the illegal trade in painkillers — just one of the ways that the opioid epidemic is reshaping state agencies’ spending priorities.
Blackburn Points Finger Back At DEA For Measure That Blocks Policing Of Opioid Shipments
Listen Congressman Marsha Blackburn is blaming the Drug Enforcement Administration for not speaking up if legislation she co-sponsored is causing such a problem. An investigation by “60 Minutes” and the Washington Post highlighted her role in a law that made it tougher for the DEA to regulate opioids.
After Scathing Report On Opioid Law, Blackburn Says She’s Ready To ‘Clean Up’ Measure
Listen U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn says Congress will start work next week on fixing any damage that may have been caused by an opioid measure that she helped get passed into law.
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