Here's How Many Pain Pills Annapolis Pharmacies Receive

ANNAPOLIS, MD — A new report shows billions of painkillers flowed through nearly 83,000 pharmacies across the country, including many in Annapolis. A previously unreleased database managed by the federal Drug Enforcement Administration logged where roughly 70 billion pills containing oxycodone and hydrocodone were shipped to, The Washington Post reported Monday.

While the database doesn’t specify what happened after the pharmacies received the shipments, it does illuminate the sheer number of pills that flooded communities. The data includes numbers from 2006 to 2012, the Post reported. Chain and retail pharmacies were included.

Here’s what the database found for the individual pharmacies:

Giant Pharmacy 167

948 Bay Ridge Rd., Annapolis

• 1,149,930 pills were shipped to this pharmacy between 2006 and 2012
• About enough for three pills per year for each of the 42,495 people who live within five miles of this pharmacy

Maryland CVS Pharmacy

503 S. Cherry Grove Ave., Annapolis

• 869,300 pills were shipped to this pharmacy between 2006 and 2012
• About enough for two pills per year for each of the 52,905 people who live within five miles of this pharmacy

Maryland CVS Pharmacy

2601 Riva Rd., Annapolis

• 3,729,550 pills were shipped to this pharmacy between 2006 and 2012
• About enough for 15 pills per year for each of the 33,636 people who live within five miles of this pharmacy

Rite Aid

1005 Bayridge Ave. Eastport S., Annapolis

• 339,630 pills were shipped to this pharmacy between 2006 and 2012
• About enough for Less than one pill per year for each of the 49,174 people who live within five miles of this pharmacy

Rite Aid

609 Taylor Ave., Annapolis

• 466,930 pills were shipped to this pharmacy between 2006 and 2012
• About enough for one pill per year for each of the 47,702 people who live within five miles of this pharmacy

Annapolis Professional Pharmacy

703 Giddings Ave. Suite L, Annapolis

• 1,658,640 pills were shipped to this pharmacy between 2006 and 2012
• About enough for four pills per year for each of the 47,702 people who live within five miles of this pharmacy

Safeway Pharmacy

1781 Forest Dr., Annapolis

• 374,280 pills were shipped to this pharmacy between 2006 and 2012
• About enough for one pill per year for each of the 52,856 people who live within five miles of this pharmacy

Medpark Pharmacy

2002 Medical Parkway Suite 170, Annapolis

• 2,927,850 pills were shipped to this pharmacy between 2006 and 2012
• About enough for 13 pills per year for each of the 31,607 people who live within five miles of this pharmacy

Kaiser Permanente

888 Bestgate Rd., Annapolis

• 1,260,500 pills were shipped to this pharmacy between 2006 and 2012
• About enough for six pills per year for each of the 28,124 people who live within five miles of this pharmacy

Sam’s Pharmacy

2100 Generals Hwy., Annapolis

• 1,029,150 pills were shipped to this pharmacy between 2006 and 2012
• About enough for four pills per year for each of the 30,053 people who live within five miles of this pharmacy

Safeway Pharmacy

2635 Housley Rd., Annapolis

• 683,730 pills were shipped to this pharmacy between 2006 and 2012
• About enough for three pills per year for each of the 31,965 people who live within five miles of this pharmacy

Anne Arundel Medical Center Pharmacy

2003 Medical Pkwy., Annapolis

• 376,900 pills were shipped to this pharmacy between 2006 and 2012
• About enough for one pill per year for each of the 31,070 people who live within five miles of this pharmacy

Shoppers Pharmacy #2338/917

2371 Solomons Island Rd., Annapolis

• 203,700 pills were shipped to this pharmacy between 2006 and 2012
• About enough for less than one pill per year for each of the 37,781 people who live within five miles of this pharmacy

Target Stores

1911 Towne Centre Blvd., Annapolis

• 126,890 pills were shipped to this pharmacy between 2006 and 2012
• About enough for less than one pill per year for each of the 37,623 people who live within five miles of this pharmacy

Giant Food

2323 Forest Dr., Annapolis

• 1,751,780 pills were shipped to this pharmacy between 2006 and 2012
• About enough for seven pills per year for each of the 33,200 people who live within five miles of this pharmacy

Giant Pharmacy

948 Bay Ridge Rd., Annapolis

• 1,149,930 pills were shipped to this pharmacy between 2006 and 2012
• About enough for three pills per year for each of the 42,495 people who live within five miles of this pharmacy

Five pharmacies in Kentucky, Illinois, Idaho and Kansas received the most painkillers per person each year, the Post found. With a total of nearly 6.8 million pills, Shearer Drug in Clinton County, Kentucky, saw the most pills per person per year at 96.

Areas deluged with pain pills saw far higher death rates related to opioids, the Post found. While the national rate was 4.6 deaths per 100,000 residents, counties that received the most pain pills per person saw rates that were more than three times higher.

Perhaps the most startling finding was that just 15 percent of pharmacies received nearly half of the pain pills.

According to the latest provisional data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were nearly 68,000 drug overdose deaths in the United States last year, a 5 percent decline from 2017. The agency predicted that number will rise to more than 680,000 once all data is reported to them.

In its previous report in July, the Post said 75 percent of the pills distributed in the seven-year period came from six companies with pharmacies: McKesson Corp., Walgreens, Cardinal Health, AmerisourceBergen, CVS and Walmart. Four other companies were identified by the paper as being among the top 10 distributors of opioids: Smith Drug Co., Rite Aid, Kroger and H.D. Smith.

Patch national staffers Dan Hampton and Feroze Dhanoa contributed to this report.