Parents, leaving unused prescription drugs (from surgeries, injuries or dental work) unsecured and unmonitored, are unknowingly tempting their children or their children’s friends to try drugs they’ve heard from schools, commercials, movies and the Internet. To prevent teens from experimenting these leftover medications, experts urge parents to dispose these drugs as soon as they serve their purpose or lock them up, just like you would with alcohol.
“In total, nearly half the prescription drugs being abused by teens originate in the homes of passive pusher parents.”
- National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse, Columbia University
Warning, do not flush them down the toilet, these drugs will be sent directly to our public water supplies.
Source: LA Times