These Hattiesburg-Area Parents’ Children Died of Addiction. Local Officials Are Managing Opioid Settlements without Their Input.

These Hattiesburg-area parents’ children died of addiction. Local officials are managing opioid settlements without their input.

These Hattiesburg-area parents’ children died of addiction. Local officials are managing opioid settlements without their input.

Wellcome Trust Discovery Award advances international collaboration to combat opioid misuse and addiction – The Tennessee Tribune

Patients, clinicians and researchers have long dreamed of treating pain with opioids without the risk of addiction. A transatlantic collaboration led by Vanderbilt University and the University of Glasgow may bring that vision closer to reality. Carrie K. Jones Photo: Harrison McClary/Vanderbilt University Great Britain’s Wellcome Trust has recognized Vanderbilt’s Carrie K. Jones and the University of Glasgow’s Andrew Tobin with their prestigiou…