A THIEF STOLE THE MEDICINE THAT KEEPS THIS CHILD ALIVE. This is the shocking reality for Carmen Peterson, whose 8-year-old son, Ethan, relies on a $1,800 drug to prevent deadly seizures. Security footage from her Ring camera captured the moment a porch pirate walked off with the life-saving prescription. “I am just livid,” Peterson says.
Ethan has a rare disorder and is nonverbal. His seizures can drop him to the ground without warning. “Him falling on hardwood floors, concrete, off of stairs… I’ve seen this,” his mother warns. The stolen medication, Epidiolex, was his shield. WITHOUT IT, A TRIP TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM WAS INEVITABLE.
This is NOT an isolated incident. A bombshell U.S. Postal Service report estimates a STAGGERING 58 MILLION packages were stolen in 2024 alone. Experts confirm roughly 250,000 packages are pilfered EVERY SINGLE DAY. “So what are the odds that one of those… has some type of medication in it?” asks Professor Ben Stickle. The system is broken, with reports scattered and companies SILENT.
When Peterson begged her pharmacy, Liviniti, for a replacement, they REFUSED. They washed their hands of it, claiming their job—delivery—was done. The multi-billion-dollar mail-order pharmacy industry offers weak excuses: “theft is rare,” they claim, while hiding behind “patient privacy” to avoid accountability. They PROFIT while families are left scrambling.
Peterson fought back, going to the media until the drugmaker, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, finally stepped in. Her story exposes a terrifying truth: the system protecting corporate profits is failing the most vulnerable among us. YOUR medicine, your child’s survival, is just another anonymous box left to the mercy of thieves—and the companies who DON’T CARE if it’s stolen.
Edited for Kayitsi.com
Author: Kayitsi.com
