[Timpanagos1]

Lots of people in Middle America are getting themselves addicted to pain killers.

In the town of Kermit, West Virginia a town of 392 people, the pharmacy sold nine million hydrocodone pills in two years.

The people are making themselves junkies.

[Rusty0604]

Goodness! Hopefully the pharmacy was investigated.

[sphinx]

In the town of Kermit, West Virginia a town of 392 people, the pharmacy sold nine million hydrocodone pills in two years.

Yes, the people are making themselves junkies. And the doctors prescribe the stuff, the pharmacy sells it, and the drug companies ship it. All of this will be reported to the relevant state and federal authorities. The question is, who is responsible for throwing the off switch?

In cases like this, it looks like an underground economy based on trafficking in prescription narcotics has become a quasi-accepted way of life.

[Kenton]

In the town of Kermit, West Virginia a town of 392 people, the pharmacy sold nine million hydrocodone pills in two years. The people are making themselves junkies.

Correction - a lot of DOCTORS are pill pushers. You don't just walk into a pharmacy and buy narcotics without a prescription written and signed by "doctors".