New 'No Judgment' Approach to Opioid-Dependent Moms Also Helps Their Babies

New 'no judgment' approach to opioid-dependent moms also helps their babies

The Real Opioid Crisis Isn't Prescriptions—It's Prohibition

It’s more than a little ironic that proof of how badly we’ve mishandled the opioid crisis comes from West Virginia—the hardest-hit state in the U.S. and a favorite cliché in Netflix dramas. But the data now makes one thing unmistakably clear: prescription opioids are not the real villain in the "War on Drugs." And no state proves this better than West Virginia.

The real opioid crisis isn’t prescriptions—it’s prohibition

Overdose deaths doubled in West Virginia after legal opioids were restricted. The data are clear: This was never a crisis of prescribing—it was a crisis of prohibition.