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To: pezz who wrote (5682)	3/7/2000 2:35:00 AM
From: Gordon A. Langston	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6418

Trigger locks! "Unfortunately, despite the best intentions, evidence indicates that child-resistant bottle caps actually have resulted in 3,500 additional poisonings of childresn under age 5 annually from [aspirin-related drugs]...[as] consumers have been lulled into a less-safety-conscious mode of behavior by the existence of safety caps." This is in answer to Pres. Clinton arguing "We protect aspirin bottles in this country better than we protect guns from accidents by children" From an article by W. Kip Viscusi "The Lulling Effect: The Impact of Child-Resistant Packaging on Aspirin and Analgesic Ingestions." from the American Economic Review ( May 1984: 324-27