Addiction is a major driving force behind disorderly conduct and crime in Rutherford County, Tennessee. Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh told WGNS the breakdown for those who are jailed due to drugs or addiction in our community...
Dr. Dan Rudd is the medical director at the jail. He said that opioid addiction is a major issue...
The doctor went on to say that heroin is the cheapest opioid on the street, which is why addiction to heroin is on the rise.
On March 29, 2018, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released numbers showing that in 2016, drug overdoses killed 63,632 Americans. 66-Percent of those deaths involved a prescription or street opioid.