Oxycodone epicenter
Florida medical practitioners purchased more oxycodone pills in the first six months of 2010 than did health care practitioners in all other states combined.
California: 302,873
Maryland: 485,542
Georgia: 754,124
Ohio: 1 million
Florida: 41.3 million
Source: Drug Enforcement Administration
via usatoday.com
Of the top 25 oxycodone prescribers nationwide in 2008, 18 were in Broward County and three others were in neighboring Palm Beach County, says Detective Sgt. Richard Pisanti of the Broward County Sheriff's Office.
"We've become the honey hole of drugs," he says.
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