SMART: Providing Leadership in Mitigating the Opioid Crisis in Tennessee
The Substance Misuse and Addiction Resource for Tennessee (SMART) Initiative guides community leaders in implementing evidence-based, cost-effective strategies that mitigate damage from substance use disorder and the opioid epidemic.
Originating in 2020 as the SMART Policy Network, the SMART Initiative grew in scope as it was incorporated into the University of Tennessee Institute for Public Service in early 2022. In addition to examining and communicating data and policies related to substance use disorder, the SMART Initiative seeks to empower communities and local governments to combat the overdose epidemic.
March 26, 2024
KEY POINTS The U.S. is the world’s largest market for amphetamine-type stimulants. While “ice” methamphetamine is the predominant type seized...
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March 1, 2024
Click here to listen on Spotify There have been huge changes at the federal level regarding the prescribing of medications...
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February 1, 2024
Click here to listen on Spotify When the CDC reports that almost 4,000 Tennesseans died of a drug overdose in...
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January 1, 2024
Click here to listen on Spotify In May, 2023, Governor Lee signed SB 378/HB 403, which imposed significant regulations on...
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December 1, 2023
Click here to listen on Spotify If anyone has gotten a true bird’s eye view of the drug problem in...
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November 1, 2023
TEMPO, or Training and Empowering Musicians to Prevent Overdoses, is a multi-coalition and nonprofit program to distribute naloxone and train...
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October 1, 2023
My guest this month is Karen Pershing, executive director of Metro Drug Coalition. In the last legislative session, Karen played...
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September 1, 2023
The Rocky Top Recovery Ambassadors are a group of college students, undergrad and grad, that identify as being in recovery...
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