To some extent, I believe that this is due to the presidential election. Both candidates are stressing that they will be more safe and secure under their potential administration. Each candidate probably encourages more reporting of crimes and criminal activity to create fear to bolster their campaign. > From: Flora <http://www.gmail.com/~flora> > Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2016 17:18:21 -0400 > > Yeah, you're probably right. I just don't like hearing about break ins. It > seems drug related. > > On Jul 23, 2016 4:04 PM, "Noelle" <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg> wrote: > > ...AND the media is covering the opiate abuse problems a lot lately, so > > when you hear about something a lot then it seems bad > > > > On Sat, 23 Jul 2016, Flora wrote: > > > Vermont has a medical marijuana law. Why does it feel like our opiate > > > problem is so bad, when this article indicates that it shouldn't be that > > > way? Would it be worse if we didn't have the law?