Illinois state Representative Rob Martwick wants to require locking caps on bottles of prescription pain pills. The caps would have a combination lock that only the person prescribed the medication would know. Martwick says it would prevent people addicted to opioids from having access to the drugs.
"We feel very good about this bill. We feel that this is a first step towards starting to rein in this problem we have with the proliferation of these very dangerous — although necessary — drugs."
Illinois is the first state to introduce this legislation.. although other states like Iowa and California are also considering the locks.