POSTED: Saturday, March 13, 2010 --- 3:45 p.m.

When a prescription drug overdose killed an Edgerton teen it opened a lot eyes.

Now one man is on a crusade to stop the problem by putting every medicine cabinet he can under lock and key.

The solution so simple it's hard to believe more people aren't already doing it.

Ken Kidder says, "This is the only good remedy for it is keep your drugs under lock and key."

Kidder, like many in Edgerton was heartbroken when a prescription drug overdose killed a local teen.

He says, "Mostly it's the shock effect in the public that this can happen in our community or any community."

Now he's hoping the death of Alex Aiken will send people into action, putting prescription drugs under lock and key.

Ken spent years of his life in a workshop perfecting woodworking projects. But when it comes to a medicine cabinet lock, it's so simple anyone can do it.

He says, "Ten minutes if you're good at it."

And in the case of Alex Aiken it may have been enough to save his life.

Rock County investigators believe the 14-year-old charged in his death got the prescription drugs from a relative who never knew they were missing.

Kidder says, "All I can do is make public awareness. Beyond that people have to make their own lifestyle decisions."

Kidder is willing to demonstrate for anyone who wants to install a lock themselves and eventually hopes to push his plan by joining with volunteer organizations.

Milton Police, for one, are already using their Facebook page to pass along Kidder's ideas and ask if anyone in their city would be willing to start a similar program.

Kidder says, "This is a simple lock installation."

A simple start to fixing a deadly problem.

For more on Aiken's death:
http://www.nbc15.com/home/headlines/84021967.html