A State Lawmaker Wants The State To Give East Tennessee State University’s Center For Prescription Drug Abuse Treatment And Prevention, A Half-A-Million Dollars For Prescription Drug Abuse Research. State Representative Gary Hicks Of Rogersville The Money Will Go To The Center For The Sole Purpose Of Combating The Opioid Crisis We Have In Our Region And Across The State. Etsu President Dr. Brian Noland Said None Of The Funding Would Be Used For Overmountain Recovery, Which Is A Methadone Clinic In Gray, Operated By The University And Ballad Health.