ACCORDING TO THE TN  BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION……MORE THAN  70,000 Tennesseans are addicted to opioids. AS A MATTER OF FACT THE STATE is ranked third in the NATION for prescription drug abuse. While the number of prescription opioids submitted to the TBI for laboratory analysis is down, submissions of heroin and fentanyl are on the rise. IT TAKES HONEST AND OPEN CONVERSATIONS TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUES AND THAT’S WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK ALL TO BRING ABOUT CHANGE…….THIS TOPIC IS PART OF A WELLNESS SERIES IMPACTING students across the UT SYSTEM…IT’S AN HONOR TO HAVE ON THE SHOW  Dr. JESSI Gold WHO IS THE Chief Wellness Officer of the UT SYSTEM

More than 21 million Veterans and Servicemembers live in the U.S. today, but only about 6 percent of them bought a home using a VA home loan in the past five years. That percentage could be much higher. UNFORTUNATELY WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATING VETERANS ABOUT THEIR OPTIONS VERY FEW MORTGAGE COMPANIES TAKE THE TIME TO EXPLAIN  WHAT’S AVAILABL;E AND ALL TOO OFTEN VETERANS THINK THE ENTIRE HOME BUYING PROCESS IS JUST TOO TOUGH…GOOD MORNING TO NATHANIAL HUBBARD FROM SCENIC CITY MORTGAGE COMPANY.