A Veterans Affairs Pharmacy in North Charleston received the largest amount of opioid pill nationwide in new data report released by DEA
A Veterans Affairs pharmacy in North Charleston, S.C., received the largest amount of opioid pills of all pharmacies nationwide between 2006 and 2012, according to Drug Enforcement Administration data published by The Washington Post.
The VA Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy (North Charleston) received 512.4 million pills between 2006 – 2012 (43% higher than the most of any other state facility). The next state highest after this facility was Kaiser Foundation Hospital’s consolidated Northern California regional facility (
Rounding out the top five were Kansas, Florida and Arizona.
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.