1/ A @Walgreens pharmacy in Northern California has caught the eye of DEA investigators.

It ordered unusually large amounts of the highly addictive opioids hydrocodone and oxycodone, according to an affidavit filed earlier this year. revealnews.org/article/this-w…

2/ This particular Walgreens purchased around twice the amount of both drugs as the next-largest buyer in its area, per the records: About 2 million doses of hydrocodone and 1 million of oxycodone.

3/ The DEA is curious about an “unexplained loss” in October 2016 of roughly 8,000 hydrocodone tablets, valued at $6,213.

4/ There's been quite a bit of police activity at this @walgreens.

5/ Butte County, California, has a drug-induced death rate roughly 3x higher than California’s average, putting it among the five worst across the state’s 58 counties.

Its director of public health said, “Anecdotally, we hear that drugstores are running out all the time."

6/ In May, Butte County joined more than 300 cities and counties nationwide in a lawsuit against opioid distributors and manufacturers. buttecounty.net/NewsAnnounceme…

7/ A @Walgreens spokesman said that the company is “committed to the safe and appropriate dispensing of all medications and working together with federal, state and local officials.”

8/ But Walgreens has been in hot water for years over issues related to the #opioidcrisis.

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