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KFF Health News | D Hicks
A Tampa Bay Times analysis of recently released U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration data shows that Publix overtook CVS to become the second-largest dispenser of opioids in Florida in 2019. The Lakeland-based company ramped up sales of painkillers like oxycodone while other pharmacy chains were restricting the flow of opioids in response to litigation surrounding the opioid crisis.