Have you taken a
look in your family’s medicine cabinet lately? What you might find could shock
you. Now, here’s the problem. The medicine cabinet often becomes a storage area
for old medications that you want to keep around just in case you need them. The
argument is usually something like, ‘I spent a lot of money on this medicine.
I’m going to get my money’s worth!’ The problem is, the medication that’s good
for one person with one health problem isn’t always good for the other and then
there is the difficulty with expired drugs. They can make you sick, or they can
even poison you. Remember, young children are curious and they might want to
see what’s in those bottles. If you have teens, consider this. While illicit
drug and alcohol use among teens is down, the use of prescription painkillers
among people ages eight to 25 is up. In fact, prescription painkillers are now
attracting the most users of any drugs.
