People are sneaking into open houses under realtors’ noses and stealing home sellers’ prescription opioids.

As the flood of opioids into vulnerable communities has grown, realtors have had to be on guard to prevent drug theft while hosting open houses and to educate home sellers about their roles in prevention, including hiding their medications in the same way they would firearms.

Recommended Stories

The FDA’s big step toward ending America’s quiet opioid epidemic

Doctors criticize Express Scripts for plan to limit opioids

FDA wants to boost development of drugs to treat opioid addiction