Quote: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?

 

I don't rely on TV ads to formulate opinions of candidates and issues. When I lived in Ohio I was a very informed voter, but here, all I have to learn about who and what is on the ballot is the Internet. The days of reading local newspapers are over.

 

Other drugs are abused for a variety of reasons. Often people start to use them for a medical purpose and that somehow leads to abuse. Brett Favre did that years ago. When I was prescribed Vicodin because Advil is not strong enough, the doctor was only allowed to order a few pills (I think 12) with no refills because of people like Brett. So I am not too worried about people abusing opiates because prescriptions for them already are tightly controlled.

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