The DEA’s prescription opioid database contains manufacturing and distribution information for every pain pill sold in the U.S. The Post gained access to the database after a yearlong legal battle.
The publication reviewed nearly 380 million transactions involving oxycodone and hydrocodone from 2006-12 and found more than 76 billion pills were distributed in the U.S. over that time period.
Here is a list of the pharmacies that received the most pain pills in each state between 2006 and 2012:
Alabama
Senior Care Pharmacy (Northport) — 10.3 million pills
Alaska
Bernie’s Pharmacy (Anchorage) — 9 million pills
Arizona
Humana Pharmacy (Phoenix) — 43.2 million pills
Arkansas
National Family Pharmacy (Fort Smith) — 9.6 million pills
California
Kaiser Foundation Hospital’s consolidated Northern California regional facility (Livemore) — 353.6 million pills
Colorado
Omnicare of New York (Golden) — 13.8 million pills
Connecticut
Value Health Care Services (Cheshire) — 14.7 million pills
Delaware
Manor Pharmacy (New Castle) — 9.9 million pills
Florida
Walgreens Mail Service (Orlando) — 62.9 million pills
Georgia
Medical Arts Health Care (Conyers) — 7.9 million pills
Hawaii
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan (Wailuku) — 5.8 million pills
Idaho
Sarmed Outpatient Pharmacy (Boise) — 5.4 million pills
Illinois
JHC Acquisition (Des Plaines) — 16.4 million pills
Indiana
Primary Care Center Pharmacy (Indianapolis) — 15.7 million pills
Iowa
Broadlawns Medical Center (Des Moines) — 5.3 million pills
Kansas
Veterans Affairs Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy (Leavenworth) — 105.3 million pills
Kentucky
Value-Med (Paintsville) — 10.4 million pills
Louisiana
Northshore Disc Pharmacy (Slidell) — 15.7 million pills
Maine
Miller Drug (Bangor) — 15.7 million pills
Maryland
Drug City Pharmacy (Baltimore) — 16.3 million pills
Massachusetts
Injured Workers Pharmacy (Andover) — 34.3 million pills
Michigan
Omnicare of Southern Michigan (Livonia) — 16.8 million pills
Minnesota
Omnicare of Minnesota (Brooklyn Center) — 12.6 million pills
Mississippi
Don Waldron’s Mr. Discount (Meridian) — 10.2 million pills
Missouri
Interlock Pharmacy Systems (Florissant) — 9.8 million pills
Montana
Walgreens (Kalispell) — 4.1 million pills
Nebraska
Walgreens (Omaha) 3.8 million pills
Nevada
Lam’s Pharmacy (Las Vegas) — 18.3 million pills
New Hampshire
Neighborcare of New Hampshire (Londonderry) — 5.7 million pills
New Jersey
Partners Pharmacy (Springfield Township) — 15.7 million pills
New Mexico
Prime Therapeutics (Albuquerque) — 11.8 million pills
New York
BJK (Long Beach) — 14.7 million pills
North Carolina
Omnicare Pharmacy of North Carolina (Hickory) — 9.2 million pills
North Dakota
Gateway Pharmacy North (Bismarck) — 28.2 million pills
Ohio
Humana Pharmacy (West Chester) — 15.7 million pills
Oklahoma
Langsam Health Services (Oklahoma City) — 10.1 million pills
Oregon
Kaiser Permanente (Portland) — 18.6 million pills
Pennsylvania
Enclara Pharmacia (Sharon Hill) — 28.5 million pills
Rhode Island
Phred’s Drug (Cranston) — 5.7 million pills
South Carolina
VA Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy (North Charleston) — 512.4 million pills
South Dakota
Ameripharm (Sioux Falls) — 5.7 million pills
Tennessee
Reeves-Sain Extended Care (Murfreesboro) — 45.9 million pills
Texas
Omnicare of Forth Worth — 14.4 million pills
Utah
Superior Care Pharmacy (Salt Lake City) — 8.7 million pills
Vermont
HealthDirect Institutional Pharmacy Services (Williston) — 3.9 million pills
Virginia
Family Discount Pharmacy (Stanleytown) — 7.7 million pills
Washington
Evergreen Pharmaceutical (Tukwila) — 16.1 million pills
West Virginia
Strosnider (Kermit) — 13.2 million pills
Wisconsin
Omnicare of Milwaukee — 9.9 million pills
Wyoming
Walgreens (Cheyenne) — 3.8 million pills
To access more data from The Washington Post, click here.
Editor’s note: This article was updated July 25 at 8:00 a.m.
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