Quote:First of all, thanks to the board administrators and moderators for finally realizing we can discuss elections without getting into some nasty arguments. Even though I am registered to vote I never got a sample ballot in the mail from the Alachua County Democratic Party. All I know is what I saw on TV and most political ads are against the two governor candidates.

 

I have always strongly opposed the concept of medical marijuana because the FDA would have approved it like any other prescription drug if that was really a good idea. I can see someone asking his doctor for a prescription so he can use marijuana as a recreational drug and not get jailed for it. How are police supposed to prevent that from happening? All they can do is catch a person smoking it, then ask to see a prescription. If you can show the cop that document, he can't arrest you for recreational use of marijuana that you cheated to get. So I am voting NO all the way on Amendment 2.

 

Another example of an uninformed voter, voting merely on their own incorrect perception of the issue. Also, relying on TV adds to formulate an opinion of a candidate is asinine. Do some research on the candidates...don't just accept TV ads (which are inherently biased to the extreme) at face value. 

 

Again, people ask doctors to prescribe them opiates when they don't necessarily need them. So should we make percocet, vicodin, roxicet, oxycontin, etc illegal just because it has been abused before? Lets just ignore all of the positives and focus on the negatives? Do you honestly think opiate abuse is a far greater issue? 

 

Quote:You could use the same argument for any prescription drug that people lie to get and use for recreational purposes. It doesn't mean it shouldn't be made available for those who need it.

 

And the FDA won't approve pot because they have no control over who grows it. They have some control over pharmaceutical companies and who makes the drugs. The FDA is about as useful as most other government organizations. They're as corrupt as the others for sure,

 

QFT. 

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