Opioid Prescriptions Fell In Penobscot County After 2011, But County Still Led New England

The number of prescription opioid pills distributed in Penobscot County dropped more than 21 percent between a 2011 peak and 2014, according to recently released data from a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration database. But the decline didn’t change the county’s distinction as the New England county with the most prescription opioid pills prescribed per person over a nine-year period as the nation’s opioid addiction crisis intensified. The drop in opioid prescriptions between 2011 and 2014 became evident in newly released Drug Enforcement Administration analyzed by the Washington Post.