Las Vegas Sun

Yeah, once again the "do-gooders" will do almost anything to "save" us from ourselves. I've known people at both ends of the spectrum. The "stasher" who hoards narcotics and fills every prescription on time - and by their own admission - rarely uses them except for friends and get-togethers. Another friend - who has severe fibromyalgia and can just about walk - has to beg for 30 Lortabs every month.

Maybe both cases are legitimate. The "stasher" having the meds is psychologically able to stave off a possible addiction or dependence by having bottles of rarely used narcotics in the medicine cabinet. My other friend in obvious pain - maybe she just needs to cope with it, huh? Logical, I think not.

I think the state has a responsibility to educate the public regarding the effects of prescription narcotics - but I also strongly believe this is a private matter between doctor and patient. From my perspective - doctor's routinely under prescribe narcotic medication for fear of being sued or worse. My stepsister died from lung cancer (and she was not a smoker) and I remember her doctor telling me that either the morphine would kill her or the cancer. He was making sure that it would be the cancer. I can only imagine how much unnecessary suffering she underwent in the last weeks of her pro-longed life because of her doctor's fears of legal retribution.

From the tv news pix the guy who did this looked like a drugged out scum bag. This particular bus stop is one of the few that is far enough away from the normal flow of traffic. I know because I live nearby and have taken the Boulder bus from that very kiosk when my car was down. However, I would never, ever sit in one of those bus kiosks - they are death traps. Remember the horrible (4 people) killed on Smoke Ranch about three or four years ago? I think they were also sitting in the kiosk. There have been other accidents as well. Whenever I take the bus, which is rare, I always stand facing traffic and at least 12 feet back from the stop/kiosk. The RTC needs to take a serious look at this mounting problem.

Sandy needs a reality check. Las Vegas is not Vatican City. Las Vegas is not Disneyland. It seems that Las Vegas is becoming one of the last places that adults can smoke in a public area (casino).

Hey - maybe we should start closing the casinos. Stop smoking, period. People loose too much money gambling - addicts all! This would eliminate the need for all those hotel rooms, convention halls, and all the rest of casino related business. This would reduce air-pollution as people leave to find other employment - perhaps in Seattle. Las Vegas then would revert to it's wonderful, pre-1934, small town nature - smoke free!

I find it rather curious - and I'm not some anti-government screamer - that public tax paid "databases" exist to those privileged few regarding personal health care - that are not readily available to the general public. That one or two "board members" or police determine who is "shopping" reeks of “big-brother.”

I understand the concept of maintaining some control over narcotic medication distribution - but every patient is different. This type of "oversight" could, and perhaps already does, intimidate doctors in properly medicating their patients. I have no specific solutions but I think (based on the article) that too much power is concentrated with too few people.

Perhaps it is time to consider "legalizing" some controlled substances (such as alleged in Canada and Mexico).

Fir sure the gov's mansion has two!

Yes, yes shoot the illegals - children and animals not excluded! That'll teach 'em, eh? Opps, we'd still be "teaching" them if we do that. So how do we exactly "cut out" all the illegals? Rent some buses (like maybe 200,000 of them) and bring them to the border? Let them roam the streets?

Wake up racist mongers - America is changing every day and these illegals are here to stay. Y'all need to confront your racist-hate mind-set. Throw open your brains and let's get down to business and figure out this crisis. A simple solution it isn’t - and no simple answer exists. Both McCain and Obama are for amnesty, as is most of the congress, as is most religious groups. In other words - we all need to deal with it, period!

This job sounds great for Jim Gibbons! He doesen't have to show up and still get paid - how about that! He can retire to the ante-room and hold hands with a distraught, fromer stripper mother to discuss her personal problems -and still be able to watch the procedings on closed-circuit television. Hell, he could probably even text-it in. Yes, Jim Gibbons for School Board!

In truth I have had some dealings with Ms. Barber many years ago and she was most helpful and got things done that other people (school board members in particular) had little or no interest. Whatever ... I wish her the best!

Hey, hey wait a minute... LuvGov assists at "friend's" birthing? - "I held her hand when her child was born." I can only wonder what she was holding onto. Jeesh, what this man won't do for a roll in the hay. He makes Bill Clinton look like a teen-age virgin. Why did he call a special session? I'm all for government waste - but, let's make it interesting, huh? $48M less for textbooks - most of these kids can't read anyway. Furthermore, it was Krolicki's idea for the bond issue. Krolicki should run for governor! Maybe LuvGov should resign - he'd have more time for those "delivery room" moments.

It is truly time to impose an income tax on everybody except the politicians - who do so much for us for free!

President Obama - finally a president with a vowel ending last name (score one for the Italians - Mario Cuomo!). I hope that Senator Obama picks Joe Biden for Veep. McCain, if he is smart,will choose Romney - that insures he will win Utah and keep it in the republican column. I can't imagine Obama winning here in Nevada. The cow counties are scared to death of a black man (even though he is half-white) in the White House. Those voters will turn out in record numbers to vote McCain - alive or dead. It is up to the democrats in Clark and Washoe to get out everybody, and I mean every registerd democrat to overcome what I think will be at least a 40K - 50K vote plurality for McCain in the rural areas. Go, Obama, Go!! Another thought - Obama could gain with a strong Gibbon's endorsement of McCain. HA HA!!