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Interactive Map: Oxycodone usage by ZIP code
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Does it hurt more to live in the suburbs?
One might think so, looking at Drug Enforcement Administration data, which shows suburban residents are prescribed up to twice as many pain pills per person than city residents.
The DEA painkiller data, obtained by the Associated Press and analyzed by the Sun-Times, covered prescriptions written for the two most popular prescription pain drugs, oxycodone and hydrocodone.
Both painkillers are opiates, as is heroin, though heroin is illegal.
Check the map below to see how oxycodone usage changed in your neighborhood from 2010 to 2011.
Enter your street address and city
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