Drug epidemic sends Georgia thieves to pharmacy to fill orders

When the legendary bank robber Willie Sutton was asked why he robbed bank, he replied: “Because that’s where the money is.” The now-famous but apparently mythical rejoinder seems to apply to the spate of pharmacy robberies taking place across Georgia these days.

As the opiate crisis rages on and Georgia clamps down on pill mills, thieves are going to a key source for medications to meet the insatiable demand for illicit prescription painkillers and other highly-addictive medicines.