Former pill abuser now battles opioid epidemic in Tennessee
September 5, 2017 at 1:00 a.m.
| Updated September 5, 2017 at 1:24 a.m.
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The Tennessean
Dr. Stephen Loyd, assistant commissioner for Tennessee Substance Abuse Services poses for a portrait at the Parthenon in Centennial Park in Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017. Lacy Atkins / The Tennessean
He woke up hazy, face plastered against a long aluminum bench, looking up at two campus policemen staring back at him.
A hot sun beat down on Neyland Stadium, which had emptied out hours earlier afterthe Tennessee/Mississippi State game in 1986.
"Where'd everybody go?" Loyd slurred.
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