West Virginia







51.0%

Decrease in Opioid
Prescriptions: 2013 - 2018

1,400,000

Total PDMP Queries in 2018

Treatment Locator


Physician education and training resources

The AMA encourages physicians to access the following education and training resources to help end your state’s opioid epidemic. Retail-dispensed opioid prescriptions decreased in West Virginia more than any other state in the nation between 2013 and 2018.

The Treatment of Pain and Addiction Utilizing Education and Proper Prescribing: The New Paradigm Continued

New CME requirements for West Virginia physicians who prescribe controlled substances

Be part of the solution.

Join the AMA today and help us lead the effort
to reverse the nation’s opioid epidemic.