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Colorado Company Teams Up With Pharmacy On Locking Pill Vials

DENVER (CBS4)- A company in Colorado has teamed up with a pharmacy to make sure prescription painkillers don't end up in the wrong hands.

Safe Rx has developed locking prescription vials. A passcode must be entered to open the bottle and retrieve the medication.

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RxPlus Pharmacies will use the vials for opioids. The hope is that the vials will keep drug abusers from accessing the drugs.

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