"You didn't have a choice, but to be on your train. The train was moving": West Virginia pharmacists' perspectives on opioid dispensing during the evolution of the opioid crisis.

This is one of few qualitative studies that have explored pharmacists' experiences, perceptions, and role in the opioid crisis leading up to and during the enactment of a restrictive opioid prescribing law. In light of the difficulties they faced, a restrictive opioid prescribing law was viewed positively by pharmacists.