As a physician practicing in Ukiah for the past 45 years, I have witnessed the transformation of our peaceful, beautiful county into a violent crime center of polluting pot production. Medical marijuana contributes to this by becoming a smoke-screen for commercial growing and selling of marijuana in Mendocino County.

The current 25 plant plus two pounds of medical marijuana allowance in Mendocino County is clearly excessive. It encourages, enables, and motivates false medical card abuse for the sake of big profits. It additionally puts more pot into our local area and into the lungs and developing brains of our children and adolescents.

Measure B will close this medical loop hole. Measure B will reduce medical marijuana amounts to the State of California recommended levels that is six adult plants or 12 immature plants plus eight ounces of marijuana for medical purposes. This is more than enough for compassionate use for serious medical illness. Over 40 compassionate Ukiah physicians have endorsed Measure B to restore honesty and integrity to this medical marijuana program and urge you to join them in voting Yes on Measure B. Overwhelming passage will not restore our county to the beautiful, peaceful county of years past. But it is a start.

Please contribute to this start voting Yes on Measure B.

Robert Werra M.D.
Ukiah