On April 5, 2006 our daughter died from a negligent doctor who prescribed her Methadone as a pain medication. From her Autopsy and Toxicology reports we know she was dead within 8 hours after leaving the doctors office and taking her 1st dose of this deadly/dangerous medicine.One 10 mg pill will and can kill. Methadone was put on the market in the last decade as a cheaper alternative as a pain killer.Pharmacuetical Co.'s and Doctors have built a multi billion dollar industry while knowing they continue to kill innocent victims every year. Methadone is also used to treat opiate addictions but have failed this country miserably. I work with families , mainly mothers, day and night who have lost their loved ones to prescription deaths on and offline. It is outragoues that these deaths are now at an epidemic rate and pure greed continues to win.

Over the counter tylenol is killing children too stats prove that...which is also found in Vicodin which is sold on the streets. Lock up your meds or prepare to see your child in ICU like I did with a 50% chance to live

it does not help when u think your child (who maybe 18) but none the less is still your child, is getting prescription hydrocodone from the doc and is abusing it and when you try to tell them this they cannot do anything because they are an "adult". You know if I am paying for the health insurance and am unable to take them off it, then I should be able to stop them getting these meds or at least have some input. No wonder there is so much abuse when no one wants to help.

People are such fools. When will society realize that locking up drugs is not going to solve this problem? Drugs are not the problem; PEOPLE are the problem. You need to get to the root of the issues, the mental, emotional, and physical issues that drive teens and adults to take drugs. As long as you leave the underlying reason there, the addiction will always remain. I am sick of people pointing the finger at drugs and saying that drugs are the problem, because they are not. And I sympathize with those who have lost friends and family to addiction, I really do. But unless you find out why there was/is an addiction, locking up your drugs will do no good. Most of the time addiction happens when someone feels an inadequacy in their life and they have to take drugs (or eat, gamble, etc) to feel better. Those are the issues we have to address. Until then, we will forever be putting "tiny bandages on gaping wounds."