End The Epidemic

The second forum in the "Not My Family" series is Tuesday January 23rd at the Brenau Downtown Center. Tane Shannon will be a presenter at the forum and shared part of her experience of losing her son to an opioid overdose to Bill and Joel.

Quitting smoking is hard but you don't have to do it alone. Mitch Zeller, J.D., director of the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products shares details of the "Every Try Counts" program complete with resources and tools to help.

"They are the ones who got all this started."

Beau Mann discusses his first-of-its-kind app that helps addicts stay clean and sober. As a recovering alcoholic, Beau knows the struggle first hand.

The Northeast Georgia Health System announced the launch of a new recovery program for opioid overdose victims at an event Wednesday at the Gainesville campus of Northeast Georgia Medical Center.

Tane Robson Shannon shares the story of losing her son to opioid abuse. Grades were good. Everything seemed "normal." But things were far from it. Hear the advice she has for families to keep from finding themselves in the same situation.

Dr. Tennant Slack talks about the use and abuse of opioids as a physician who works with pain management.

Dallas Gay discusses the scope of the opioid problem in the North Georgia area and what is being done to combat it.

North Georgia resident Avery Nix shares details of his struggles with opioid addiction from how he got started while in high school to how he was able to get clean and use his experience to help others.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Crime Lab in Cleveland has identified two new fentanyl analogues, one of which may be impervious to overdose reversal drugs.