The Tennessee Department of Health listed more than 2,000 deaths in 2020 being opioid related, with nearly 600 people dying from prescription-related opioid overdoses.
It's a drug about 50 times more potent than heroin and as little as two miligrams could be deadly. New research shows the number of illicit pills containing Fentanyl seized by law enforcement nearly doubled nation-wide in the last three years.