Opioids data shines light on pain pills usage in Adams County
Last updated 7/25/2019 at 11:25am
Over 3.5 million prescription pain pills were supplied in Adams County from 2006 to 2012, according to a recently released nationwide database from The Washington Post.
The Post acquired the data from the Drug Enforcement Administration as the result of a court order. The database, which can be accessed and downloaded at wapo.st/dea-pain-pill-database, contains raw data on shipments of oxycodone and hydrocodone pills to chain pharmacies, retail pharmacies and practitioners.
In the seven-year span from 2006 through 2012, 3,540,050 oxycodone and hydrocodone pills were supplied to Adams Count...
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