Why must medicines be locked away?

Answer 1

small children have a way of getting into everything.they don't know the difference between sweet and a pill or between lemonade and a medicine syrup.they have a habit of putting everything into their mouth and by mistake a side effected syrup can be drunken by the children and that is why medicines are kept away from the reach of the small children .

Answer 2

To prevent them from being misused, by children for instance.

Answer 3

All medications. Medications are dangerous, body altering substances. An overdose of any type of medication can be dangerous.