Maury County TN Listed as Most Addicted by DEA Pain Pill Database – Part 1

Maury County, Tennessee has a pill problem.

If you live in Maury County TN, then you may or may not already know that it falls into the “higher than normal” category of addiction, according to DEA narcotic pill distribution map.

Not long ago, the Washington Post provided an in-depth story that used actual DEA Prescription Pain Pill Database information. This detailed report included a United States map that lists the density of pain pill addiction for each county across the nation. The post also has a “lookup feature” that allowed us to pull numbers specific to Maury County, Tennessee.

The numbers are staggering.

Though the data is a few years old, it represents what some feel were the “peak years” of the current opioid epidemic, just before controlled substance prescription rules were modified.

Here’s a few interesting stats about the State of Tennessee’s Pain Pill Problem:

• From 2006 to 2014 there were 3,315,502,327 prescription pain pills supplied to Tennessee.
• 607,686,440 of the pills were distributed by AmerisourceBergen Drug and 1,369,976,173 were manufactured by Actavis Pharma, Inc.
• REEVES-SAIN EXTENDED CARE, MURFREESBORO pharmacy received the highest number of pills.

This is what prescription pain pills in Maury County, TN looks like:

• From 2006 to 2014 there were 43,130,250 prescription pain pills, enough for 60 pills per person per year, supplied to Maury County, Tenn.
• 9,434,080 of the pills were distributed by AmerisourceBergen Drug and 20,617,900 were manufactured by Actavis Pharma, Inc.

This post is Part 1 of a continuing series. Recovery Care of Columbia, a Suboxone Clinic in Maury County, TN, will continue to research and report on additional information related to opioid addiction in Maury County, TN.

If you have information that you feel can help educate the public regarding opioid addiction in Maury County, TN, please email us at recoverycarecolumbia@gmail.com.