In 2021 in Knox County, 537 people died of drug overdoses. Would you care to venture a guess about their age group? My guess – young people somewhere in the …
Community event with ‘Dreamland’ author Sam Quinones
The opioid crisis has been through many phases, each seemingly worse than the one before it. With the introduction of synthetic opioids, overdoses accounted for more than 100,000 deaths, surpassing …
Karen Pershing explains ‘this is your brain on drugs‘
Quickly, what’s the most abused brain-altering substance? If you said prescription opioid pain pills or any opioid, you flunked the quiz.
“It’s alcohol,” said Karen Pershing, and she should know. Pershing …
Save Our Sons resource fair set for Saturday
The city of Knoxville Save Our Sons initiative will host a community resource fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, at Honey Rock Victorious Church Event Center, …