Nearly 7 million Americans are abusing prescription drugs, up from only 3.8 million in 2000. According to the DEA, theft from homes is a common method of acquiring prescription drugs for abuse. And most people have had the experience or are at least familiar with the danger of having small valuables disappear from your hotel room.
Prescription drugs are just as appealing to potential thieves—and perhaps more so to many people—as jewelry or cash. Most of these petty thefts are spontaneous crimes of opportunity. However, there are those that make a habit of this practice. Real estate agents have recently become aware of the growing problem of prescription drug and other small thefts during open houses. Some drug abusers have even been known to attend open houses in hopes of finding prescription drugs in the bathrooms. Keeping your prescription medications and small valuables hidden and locked up in our opaque cases can go a long way toward reducing these crimes of opportunity.
Anyone Can Be a Prescription Drug Abuser
Unlike many illegal drugs, prescription drug abuse is common among people you wouldn’t expect. It can and does affect all segments of the teen and adult population. It can affect your son’s clean-cut best friend, your neighbor, your friends and co-workers, even the elderly. Not to mention non-social visitors to your home, such as potential buyers, nannies, housecleaners, and repair people. But like all drugs of abuse, prescription drug abuse can cause people who ordinarily wouldn’t to lie and steal. Even someone who wouldn’t think of stealing your jewelry might think nothing of pocketing a few pills— or a bottle of them— from your medicine cabinet, desk, or suitcase. While it is always terribly sad to hear of someone you know who has become addicted or even died from prescription drug abuse or overdose, imagine your horror if you were to discover that the drugs were accessed from your home. You can help protect your valuable medications, reduce liability, and help avoid adding to the prescription drug abuse problem by keeping medications locked up in Better Off Safe cases.
Better Off Safe helps protect your valuable medications from theft by prescription drug abusers. Keep your controlled medications and small valuables locked up in our portable cases at home and on the go to discourage theft by reducing temptation and opportunity.
