Painkiller abuse is spreading to new Western states. The epidemic has been plaguing Southern and Eastern U.S. states and has now spread to states like Oregon, Colorado, Washington, and Idaho, which now have the highest rates of prescription abuse.

States and local governments are passing ordinances that hold adults responsible for hosting underage drinking—even if the adults don’t supply the alcohol.

An article in the Wall Street Journal reported that a Long Island Grand Jury’s report has implicated physicians and pharmacists for the epidemic of prescription drug abuse over the past ten years.

In a recent Wall Street Journal article, Timothy A. Martin reports on a hotly debated proposed bill in Kentucky that has doctors, politicians, and police locking horns over patients’ right to privacy.