We are very proud and happy to announce that a portion of our proceeds will now go towards The Medicine Abuse Project. The Medicine Abuse Project aligns perfectly with the very reason we created the lockable case: to help parents protect teens from easy access to prescription drugs.
Discourage Theft By Reducing Temptation & Opportunity
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.
Protect From Teen Drug Abuse
Every day, 2,500 teenagers use a prescription drug to get high for the first time. Half of teens experiment with at least one illicit drug before graduating high school; and prescription medications rank second only to marijuana on the list of substances they misuse — more than crack, cocaine, ecstasy, heroin and meth combined. And unlike marijuana, prescription drug abuse kills. The primary reason prescription drug abuse is so prevalent is access. Most teens get their prescription drugs for free, from home medicine cabinets—either at their own home or a neighbor’s. Even if you feel sure that your own child would not raid your medicine cabinet, can you really be so sure about friends they might invite over?
