Fact Based List:

States with most prescription opioids per person, 2006-2012

  1. West Virginia - 67 Annual pills/person
  2. Kentucky - 63 Annual pills/person
  3. South Carolina - 58 Annual pills/person
  4. Tennessee - 58 Annual pills/person
  5. Nevada - 55 Annual pills/person
  6. Oklahoma - 54 Annual pills/person
  7. Alabama - 52 Annual pills/person
  8. Oregon - 51 Annual pills/person
  9. Indiana - 47 Annual pills/person
  10. Delaware - 45 Annual pills/person

Source: Washington Post, July 16, 2019
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