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by tcbawo 3441 days ago
I read this recently:

Drug wholesalers shipped 780 million prescription painkillers to West Virginia over a six-year period. In a state of 1.84 million residents, the shipments amount to 433 pain pills for every man, woman and child in West Virginia.

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Drug-Wholesalers-Shi...