Here's How Many Painkillers Huntington Pharmacies Receive

HUNTINGTON, NY — Billions of painkillers flowed through nearly 83,000 pharmacies across the country, including many in the Huntington area. 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.

The database said 30 pharmacies within five miles of downtown Huntington received nearly 19 million pills from 2006 to 2012. The area has a population of about 94,000.

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

HUNTINGTON DRUGS CORP.

180 EAST PULASKI ROAD EAST WING, HUNTINGTON STATION, NY 11746

Pills received: 2.9 million

LARKE DRUGS INC

459 WALT WHITMAN RD, MELVILLE, NY 11747

Pills received: 2.6 million

L & W CHEMISTS INC

25 SOUTHDOWN RD, HUNTINGTON, NY 11743

Pills received: 1.9 million

CVS ALBANY

341 COMMACK RD, COMMACK NY 11725

Pills received: 1.7 million

2D CHEMISTS

51 BROADWAY, GREENLAWN, NY 11740

Pills received: 1.4 million

CVS ALBANY

89 BROADWAYM GREENLAWN, NY 11740

Pills received: 1.2 million

ASL PHARMACY CORP

517 A LARKFIELD RD, EAST NORTHPORT, NY 11731

Pills received: 1.2 million

WALGREENS

984 NEW YORK AVE, HUNTINGTON STATION, NY 11746

Pills received: 1.1 million

CVS ALBANY

520 LARKFIELD ROAD, EAST NORTHPORT, NY 11731

Pills received: 1 million

RX EXPRESS PHCY OF COMMACK

1163 JERICHO TURNPIKE, COMMACK, NY 11725

Pills received: 1 million

CVS ALBANY

753 FORT SALONGA ROAD, NORTHPORT, NY 11768

Pills received: 1 million

VALUE DRUG STORE

349 NEW YORK AVE, HUNTINGTON, NY 11743

Pills received: 526,590

WALDBAUM

60 WALL ST, HUNTINGTON, NY 11743

Pills received: 238,930

RITE AID

391 WEST MAIN STREET, HUNTINGTON, NY 11743

Pills received: 992,480

THE STOP & SHOP SUPERMARKET

385 RTE 25A MILLER PLACE RD, MILLER PLACE, NY 11764

Pills received: 489,280

CVS ALBANY

63 NEW YORK AVE, HUNTINGTON, NY 11743

Pills received: 190,000

KING KULLEN PHARMACIES CORP

50 N NEW YORK AVE, HUNTINGTON, NY 11743

Pills received: 231,100

NORTH COUNTRY DRUGS INC

227 229 EAST MAIN STREET, HUNTINGTON, NY 11743

Pills received: 632,740

THE GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC

777 PULASKI AVENUE, GREENLAWN, NY 11740

Pills received: 186,830

WALGREENS

555 LARKFIELD RD, EAST NORTHPORT, NY 11731

Pills received: 450,800

RITE AID

577 LARKFIELD ROAD, EAST NORTHPORT, NY 11731

Pills received: 494,020

WALGREENS

5001 JERICHO TPKE, COMMACK, NY 11725

Pills received: 571,000

CVS ALBANY

2000 JERICHO TURNPIKE, EAST NORTHPORT, NY 11731

Pills received: 299,300

RITE AID PHARMACY #10636

1936 JERICHO TURNPIKE, EAST NORTHPORT, NY 11731

Pills received: 356,890

RX EXPRESS PRESCRIPTION SERVICE INC

1842 EAST JERICHO TPKE, HUNTINGTON, NY 11743

Pills received: 981,500

PATHMARK STORES

DIX HILLS SHOPPING CENTER, 683 OLD COUNTRY ROAD, DIX HILLS, NY 11746

Pills received: 513,560

RITE AID

695 EAST JERICHO TURNPIKE HUNTINGTON STATION NY 11746

Pills received: 176,400

CVS ALBANY

2 E JERICHO TPKE, HUNTINGTON STATION, NY 11746

Pills received: 1,729,700

RITE AID

283 WEST JERICHO TURNPIKE, HUNTINGTON STATION, NY 11746

Pills received: 604,820

STAT SCRIPT SPECIALTY INC

1800A NEW YORK AVENUE STORE 1, HUNTINGTON STATION, NY 11746

Pills received: 362,600

CVS ALBANY

111 DEPOT ROAD, HUNTINGTON STATION, NY 11746

Pills received: 912,900

KMART CORPORATION

839 NEW YORK AVENUE, HUNTINGTON, NY 11743

Pills received: 337,960

ATRIUM RX PHARMACY CORP

775 PARK AVENUE SUITE 155, HUNTINGTON, NY 11743

Pills received: 244,800

NORTHPORT CHEMISTS INC

100 MAIN STREET, NORTHPORT, NY 11768

Pills received: 283,520

THE STOP & SHOP SUPERMARKET

454 FORT SALONGA ROAD, NORTHPORT, NY 11768

Pills received: 454,210

RITE AID

395 FORT SALONGA ROAD, NORTHPORT, NY 11768

Pills received: 355,580

WALGREENS

820 FORT SALONGA RD, NORTHPORT, NY 11768

Pills received: 188,600

CVS ALBANY

10 3 FT SALONGA RD COUNTRY VILLAGE S C, NORTHPORT, NY 11768

Pills received: 717,330

RITE AID

325 ROUTE 110, HUNTINGTON STATION, NY 11746

Pills received: 616,890

WALDBAUM

890 WALT WHITMAN ROAD, MELVILLE, NY 11747

Pills received: 439,900

MOMS PHARMACY

45 MELVILLE PARK RD, MELVILLE, NY 11747

Pills received: 981,000 pills

TOWN TOTAL FARMINGDALE

532 BROADHOLLOW ROAD SUITE 137, MELVILLE, NY 11747

Pills received: 423,960

31ST & 3RD PHARMACY INC

1860 WALT WHITMAN RD SUITE 700, MELVILLE, NY 11747

Pills received: 263,330

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION

625 BROAD HOLLOW ROAD, MELVILLE, NY 11747

Pills received: 526,500

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION

10 GARRET PLACE, COMMACK, NY 11725

Pills received: 662,300

TARGET STORES A DIV.OF TARGET CORP.

4 HENRY STREET, COMMACK, NY 11725

Pills received: 199,180

WAL-MART PHARMACY 10-5202

85 CROOKED HILL ROAD, COMMACK, NY 11725

Pills received: 479,100

VANCO PHARMACY

30 VANDERBILT PARKWAY, COMMACK, NY 11725

Pills received: 978,980

FINAL PHARMACY INC

132 COMMACK RD, COMMACK, NY 11725

Pills received: 327,160

TARGET STORES A DIV.OF TARGET CORP.

98 VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY, COMMACK, NY 11725

Pills received: 634,630

KING KULLEN PHARMACIES CORP

120 VETERANS MEMORIAL HGHWY, COMMACK, NY 11725

Pills received: 139,600

RITE AID OF NEW YORK INC

8 VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY, COMMACK, NY 11725

Pills received: 143,400

PATHMARK STORES

6070 JERICHO TURNPIKE, COMMACK, NY 11725

Pills received: 140,000

RITE AID

126 128 JERICHO TURNPIKE, COMMACK, NY 11725

Pills received: 366,210

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 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 staffer Feroze Dhanoa contributed to this report.