Tennessee’s main crime lab is still very much treating marijuana like a dangerous drug. And state law enforcement has no plans to back off even as some prosecutors look the other way.
Tennessee just started distributing fentanyl test strips, and even the top cop likes the early results
The state’s agency overseeing substance abuse is finding the drug-checking kits are more effective than expected.
Hookah and cannabis are holding up Nashville’s smoking ban in bars
A Metro Council proposal to ban smoking and vaping, even in 21-and-up bars, makes an exception for cigar bars. But hookah lounges and a new cannabis restaurant could be forced to change their businesses if the ordinance passes.
For years, teens came to Nashville to ask for a judge’s permission to get abortions instead of telling their parents. That’s done, leaving ‘zero options.’
For years in Tennessee, teens have traveled to Nashville to get a judge’s approval for an abortion, instead of asking their parents. But that’s no longer an option, and that leaves young people with few places to turn.
How religious liberty could be used to challenge Tennessee’s abortion ban
Making a case for religious liberty may be one of the few ways Tennessee’s abortion ban could be effectively challenged in court. Lawsuits using religious liberty arguments have been filed in several states, including Florida and Texas, though not yet in Tennessee.
Advocates for rape survivors begin lobbying effort to add exceptions to Tennessee’s strict abortion ban
The Sexual Assault Center in Nashville is launching a campaign directed at Republican state lawmakers to allow abortion for rape and incest, even though they’ve shown almost no interest in exceptions to the law.
Vanderbilt makes certain policy changes to ‘mitigate’ harm from Tennessee’s all-out abortion ban
Vanderbilt University Medical Center says it is changing some policies in order to “mitigate” concerns about health and equity created by Tennessee’s abortion ban.
How doctors carry the greatest legal risk under Tennessee’s total abortion ban
More than 30 years ago, when Dr. Carolyn Thompson chose to specialize in obstetrics and gynecology, she had little thought of Roe v. Wade being overturned.
Two months after Roe v. Wade’s fall, Tennessee’s full abortion ban takes effect
It’s Day One of Tennessee’s full abortion ban. Our reporters are on the ground reporting on what that looks like.
For now, Tennessee residents needing abortions will have to travel as far as St. Louis or Chicago
It will still be a month or more before abortions are available within a three-hour drive of Nashville. Clinics in Carbondale, Ill., are still under construction, even as Tennessee’s total abortion ban takes effect this week.
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