MEDICAL POT HELPS HIS BIPOLAR DISORDER

Regarding "Pot clubs a cover for illegal drug dealing" (Letters, Dec. 27):

I am a medical cannabis patient in San Diego. Over 10 years ago I was
diagnosed with bipolar disorder. After 34 doctors, 23 different
combinations of psychotropic pills, dozens of manic and depressive
episodes, I find medical cannabis. This little green bud prevents me
from getting too high - or too low.

It alleviates my anxiety. It destroys my stress; both physical and
mental ailments go away. I am able to function in society with
medi-pot. I can excel and really make a difference in this world when
properly medicated.

I am no junkie. I look young. I look healthy. Yet people with my
disease aren't expected to live long or happy lives. The Drug
Enforcement Administration agent serving a warrant on a medical
marijuana dispensary would think I wasn't legitimate. I don't "look"
sick. I don't fit the "profile."

Please get the message out. The majority of patients are sick people
who want to get well. These people are like the rest of us. They are
us. We are them.

AARON KLEIN

San Diego