R U SAFE?
Protect your family and friends.

  1. Record and Understand Prescription Info

    Record and understand prescription information, and rely on the experts,
    pharmacists and doctors, for help.

  2. Safe Acquisition

    Safely acquire medication, whether buying your prescription
    at the neighborhood pharmacy or an online pharmacy.

  3. Appropriate Use

    Appropriately use and administer medications.

  4. Find Disposal Information

    Find a secure storage spot, and dispose of unneeded medications.

  5. Educate on Abuse & Misuse

    Educate family and friends on abuse and misuse dangers.

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  • Did you know?

    Fact:

    Counterfeit medications can be deadly. Many fake drugs contain too little, too much, or the wrong medicine, and may contain dangerous ingredients such as rat poison.

  • Did you know?

    Fact:

    Every year, more than 15,000 people die from overdoses of prescription painkillers.

  • Did you know?

    Fact:

    Counterfeiters are selling fakes of many kinds of drugs, including pills claiming to treat heart disease, arthritis, asthma, AIDS and cancer.

  • Did you know?

    Fact:

    Many fake drugs are made to look like the real medication—it can be very difficult to tell them apart.

  • Did you know?

    Fact:

    Three in five teens say prescription pain relievers are easy to get from parent’s medicine cabinets.

  • Did you know?

    Fact:

    Internet drug outlets often sell dangerous counterfeit drugs, although they claim the drugs are real, and use high tech Web sites that look legitimate.

  • Did you know?

    Fact:

    More than 50% of people aged 12 and older who abused prescription drugs in 2010 and 2011 got them from friends or family for free.

  • Did you know?

    Fact:

    One in four teens knows at least one friend or classmate who abuses prescription drugs, as reported in a 2010 national survey.