Reply #5: Don't go over-vigilant though

[PostIndustrial02]

I live in Ohio where the state has been cracking down on "abused" medication. I've had some problems with some chronic pain recently. I have never had problems with medication abuse or the like, but I had trouble getting anything more than ibuprofen for my problems because doctors were too scared to prescribe anything that the state would crack down on. People need to be better educated about drugs and what drug abuse can mean; this does not mean that every drug that can be abused needs to be taken off the market.

As a note, when I was finally given something for my pain, It was seizure medication not even marked for the type of pain I had. I found it just as debilitating and dependence-provoking as anything else they could have given me. The only difference was that I did not become "high" from it. What we need is better drug education, not tougher drug enforcement. After all, how much tougher can drug enforcement get in this country?