From government DEA Website justice.gov: link.
We were sent two recent articles about the Oxy epidemic in Ohio.
Such is life in Scioto County, a Southern Ohio county on the Ohio river where a prescription drug epidemic crosses all socioeconomic lines, wrecking young lives from ramshackle trailer parks to cushy suburban homes.
Thirty five million pills a year prescribed in Scioto County? A county with a population of 79,499 (Source: U.S. Census Bureau). That's 440 pills per person (including babies, children, people who've never taken a prescription drug in their lives). Do you think we have an epidemic here?
Nearly 1 in 10 babies born last year in this Appalachian county tested positive for drugs. In January, police caught several junior high school students, including a seventh grader, with painkillers.