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VOTE FOR COMPASSION

Initiated Measure 4 is a compassionate measure to protect sick and dying people from arrest.  I'm one of them, a Gulf War veteran who was exposed to nerve agents during my service.  As a result, I suffer from a degenerative muscular disease that ended my career and will likely cut my life short.

I've been prescribed virtually every FDA-approved narcotic and opiate on the market.  These prescription painkillers not only have failed to relieve my deep inner-muscle pain, they left me in a fog, unable to function.  I could even not remember what my family said the day before.

Moderate amounts of medical marijuana ease my pain and suffering while still allowing me to interact with my family and friends, and remember and enjoy those moments that soon will be gone.

In a White House-commissioned report on medical marijuana, the Institute of Medicine found, "there will likely always be a subpopulation of patients who do not respond well to other medications." That's me they're talking about.  If you've never lived with daily pain, I hope you never have to.

I ask you to look into your heart and vote for compassion, science and common sense.  Vote Yes on Measure 4.

Valerie Hannah

Hill City