New data shows 245 million opioid pills came into Montana over six years – Where were they sold in your county?

From 2006 to 2012, Yellowstone County saw 38 million opioid pills move through pharmacies and into patients’ hand, according to new data uncovered by The Washington Post.

The portion in Yellowstone County, which boasts two of the state’s largest hospitals, was the largest in Montana, which saw 245 million prescription pills statewide during the same period.

This new data was released as part of the efforts of The Washington Post and The Charleston Gazette-Mail of West Virginia to sift through 380 million transactions compiled by the Drug Enforcement Administration in that six-year period.