The Modesto Bee
The Modesto Bee
The Modesto Bee
The Modesto Bee 8/21/19
2 minutes Posted Aug 21, 2019 at 10:01 am.
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It’s Wednesday, August 21. I’m Kaitlin Bellamy and here’s your local news from the Modesto Bee. In a 7-year span, Stanislaus County pharmacies received over 218 million prescription pain pills — hydrocodone and oxycodone. That’s enough for 61 pills per person, per year in the county. According to a Modesto Bee analysis of data included in a study, initially published by the Washington Post, though Stanislaus County made up about 1.