ring forms a seal therebetween it is desired that lid 102 be attached to vessel 104 so that container 100 cannot be re opened this may prevent access to the container 39 s content by those who should not have access such as children pets thieves or the like for this reason clips 112 and recesses 114 are designed on the inside of lid 102 and vessel 104 such that once closed there is no access to unsnap clips 112 from recesses 114 in some embodiments it may be desirable to store container 100 in a closed state while it is intermittently filled and before disposing of container 100 with its contents in such a case a means can be provided to close container 100 in a reversible manner one means for accomplishing this would be to design clips 112 and recesses 114 on the outside of container 100 and in a manner that makes them easy to open alternatively a design such as is commonly used for prescription medicine bottles could be used a positive aspect of this approach is that it provides an improved barrier against accidental contact with the medicines by children or pets while still allowing the device to be selectively opened and closed in other exemplary embodiments of the invention the container and lid can be configured so that the medications can be placed in the container after the lid is attached to the container for instance the lid or a portion of the container can be formed with an opening that allows for the insertion of medications into the vessel while substantially preventing the removal of the medications from the vessel fig6 illustrates an exemplary embodiment of a container having an.