An Inside Look At The Social Decay That Is Eating Away At America Like An Aggressive Form Of Cancer : IN JUST 10 MONTHS, THE SIXTH-LARGEST COMPANY IN AMERICA SHIPPED MORE THAN 3 MILLION PRESCRIPTION OPIOIDS — NEARLY 10,000 PILLS A DAY ON AVERAGE — TO A SINGLE PHARMACY IN A SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA TOWN WITH ONLY 400 RESIDENTS, ACCORDING TO A CONGRESSIONAL REPORT RELEASED WEDNESDAY. MCKESSON CORP. SUPPLIED “MASSIVE QUANTITIES” OF THE PAINKILLER HYDROCODONE TO THE NOW-SHUTTERED SAV-RITE PHARMACY IN KERMIT, EVEN AFTER AN EMPLOYEE AT THE COMPANY’S OHIO DRUG WAREHOUSE FLAGGED THE SUSPECT PILL ORDERS IN 2007, THE REPORT FOUND. THAT YEAR, MCKESSON — RANKED 6TH IN THE FORTUNE 500 — REVIEWED ITS CUSTOMERS, INCLUDING SAV-RITE, AND REPORTED TO THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION THAT THE PURCHASES WERE “REASONABLE,” ACCORDING TO THE REPORT : OUTSIDE THE NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS IN DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO, A WOMAN URINATES ON THE SIDEWALK AND SMOKES A CRACK PIPE. INSIDE HER PURSE ARE ABOUT A DOZEN USED HEROIN NEEDLES. SHE SHOOTS HEROIN UP TO 10 TIMES PER DAY, SHE SAYS. ABOUT 50 YARDS AWAY, A MAN INJECTS ANOTHER WOMAN IN THE NECK WITH A NEEDLE. SHE PUTS HER THUMB IN HER MOUTH AND BLOWS ON IT TO MAKE HER VEIN MORE VISIBLE. HER RIGHT ARM IS CAKED WITH DRIED BLOOD.

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