MEDICAL POT IS HARD TO OBTAIN

As one of the more than 12,000 Oregon Medical Marijuana Program
patients in the state, I have a relevant question, one many other
participants in the OMMP are asking also: "Where can I find my medicine?"

I am confined to a wheelchair with severe rheumatoid arthritis and
cannot grow marijuana for myself. I receive assistance from time to
time, but the system is so inefficient. Because pot is astronomically
expensive, patients who choose to grow their own face the threat of
robbery and possible assault. And why is it so expensive? Why is this
plant worth as much as gold?

The exorbitant rates for high-quality, medical-grade cannabis are
solely the fault of the federal government. The feds are not afraid
to arrest patients, nor are they afraid to steal our medicine. They
will not admit that pot has medical use, while they continue to block
studies seeking to understand and utilize marijuana's medical potential.

Oregon is missing the mark by not realizing we already have more than
12,000 case studies of cannabis as medicine in the OMMP, in spite of
what Big Brother says.

Oregon's elected representatives need to stop bowing to the federal
cannabis obstructionists and represent us.

We need a system that gives OMMP patients safe local access to an
adequate supply of our medicine.

Oregon allows "death with dignity" but still struggles with the
concept of "life with dignity." We need to change that.

Jim Greig

Eugene