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Highly driven to keep drugs, both prescription and recreational, in the hands of the owners and out of the hands of children.Prescription drug abuse, both unauthorized and self-medicated, is arguably the largest healthcare epidemic in the United States. Greater than obesity. Greater than any other issue. Ask any doctor. Ask any pharmacist. They already know. The CDC has known for years. The FDA is finally taking action. Today, more than 2,500 teens will experiment with prescription drugs for the first time, Tomorrow, 2,500 new kids will do the same thing. This story will repeat every day ... over 900,000 new teens each year. 98% of all prescription drug abuse cases originate from the home. Only 3% of households lock up their medications. More than three in five (62%) teens say prescription pain relievers are easy to get from their parents’ medicine cabinets.Over half of teens (52%) say that prescription pain relievers are available everywhere. In 2007, approximately 27,000 unintentional drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States. One death every 19 minutes. Between 2000 and 2009 there was a 91% increase in poisoning deaths among 15- to 19-year-old children. Most of these deaths were attributed to prescription drugs.Gatekeeper Innovation saves lives endangered by prescription drug abuse. We make affordable products that reduce abuse potential and, in doing so, change unhealthy norms in our society. Our prescription-locking products present a unique, economical solution to the epidemic of unauthorized prescription access. Notwithstanding recent regulatory improvements, this epidemic will continue unless addressed at the point of drug access.