STOP WAMM SHAM

I am really getting tired of the so-called compassion of the Women's
alliance for Medical Marijuana. In the media, WAMM claims to have
compassion for terminally ill patients. This is a bogus claim.

It is important to point out a few things: 1) medical marijuana is not a
gender issue; 2) medical marijuana is not a sexual-preference issue.
According to Prop. 215, medical marijuana was passed in California for
terminally ill patients.

If you check out WAMM's website. They claim that 80 percent of their
members are terminally ill. I challenge that statement. I have personal
knowledge of no less than four patients with AIDS who were deemed not
suitable to be members of WAMM. Where is the compassion for them and their
suffering?

Meanwhile, at least half of WAMM's members are not terminally ill, and a
majority of the members have bogus doctor's recommendations. Menstrual
cramps and weight loss are not terminal illnesses.

if you were to follow the amount of pot distributed to WAMM members, and
their caregivers, you would find that a very small percent of the medicine
is going to actual terminally ill people.

WAMM needs to stop the sham. if they claim to have compassion for
terminally ill people, the community should hold WAMM accountable for our
support. How can WAMM have compassion, yet now allow membership to those it
claims to be helping, meanwhile helping those with questionable medical issues.

I'd like to know WAMM's priorities. Shouldn't the terminally ill patients
be allowed membership first, especially if WAMM wants the community's support?

Make WAMM stop the sham. They are hurting those people who legitimately
benefit from the use of medical marijuana, and they are jeopardizing the
integrity of Prop. 215 and medical marijuana in general.

It is time to stop this abuse.

Douglas Perry

Scotts Valley