NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — For years, the City of Nashville has been dedicated to addressing the opioid epidemic.
The problem has elicited several responses by city leaders and the Metro Nashville Public Health Department, which releases overdose information on a quarterly basis.
DATA: Reported drug overdose deaths in Tennessee down in 2024 from year prior, per CDC
Now, six months into a new year, the department is showing positive news: fatal overdoses are “steadily declining” in Metro Nashville.
While the news comes as a hopeful change, one group in Nashville is still feeling the effects of the epidemic, and it’s one of the city’s most vulnerable populations: babies…