A Politician Actually Listened to Me

A Politician Actually Listened to Me

The NDP Town Hall with Tom Mulcair

Sheraton Guildford: Fraser Room 1:45 PM

September 29, 2013

Dear Diary:

SURPRISE! SURPRISE!

Today I went to an NDP Town Hall Meeting with Tom Mulcair here in Surrey. I had no idea whether I would get the opportunity to speak with him. I wanted to ask about Medical Marijuana  and what the NDP could do to help with the disaster coming with the implementation of the MMRP. Not to worry!

Anticipating failure I prepared a request to be forwarded to someone in the NDP Hierarchy who could answer my questions with specifics and not generalities.

On my way into the meeting, I was fortunate to meet Jasbir Sandhu, my MP. He remembered me as the Marijuana Advocate who bugged him a year ago and after reading my written request, promised to forward it to Mr. Mulcair’s inner circle. Bonus! Half way there- somebody is going to have to deal with me. LOL.

I’m not dumb and when I took my seat I noted the position of lights, camera and the big Red Cross on the floor and positioned a seat where I could see his face at all times when he was speaking to the camera. This had the advantage of Mr. Mulcair having me in his field of view. There was an introduction our local MP hosts and then Mr. Mulcair took the stage. During his introductory speech he and I eyeballed each other and sized the other guy up. I think I got him right.

I think he got taken by the Bassett Hound eyes I inherited from my father. You know: that pleading look you get from buddy when you eat that great big hunk of steak. Tom proved he can recognize desperation and took pity on mine. The minute he opened the floor to questions and Holy Bejasus Mother of Earth and the Cannabis God struck and Mr. Mulcair pointed to me and I found myself with a microphone stuck in my face. What now??

I identified my self as a Medical Marijuana Licensee and advocate and more or less asked him this.

“I am aware of the party policy regarding this whole legalization kerfuffel and I am largely in agreement with it. There are millions of questions to be answered but nothing is going to be implemented until a change of Government 2 years away.

I have a much more immediate short term problem to be dealt with and that is how to survive the destruction of the Medical Marijuana Program and the financial consequences of the MMRP.

He listened seriously

I’m a Senior on fixed income, I have occasional neurological pain and depression. I can only afford a minimal 2 gr./day dose at the cheapest source: HC at $315/month. A probable doubling of that cost from entrepreneurs and the difficulty in accessing vendors will simply divert me to any illegal source who undercuts the profiteers. That applies to virtually every other licensee whwere the only alternative is grow your own and risk mandatory prison time just for relieving symptoms. Would he and the NDP give this a problem a priority consideration and try to help with our problems?

I’m not going to try and quote his reply except to say that he accepted my request and Medical Marijuana will be a priority in all NDP consideration of whatever develops regarding Marijuana at large.

More importantly than misquoting his words: I Believe him.

I sat through another 45 minutes listening to him on a very broad range of problems facing Canadians and while I don’t wholly agree with some of his answers I trust him to honour his word based on his excellent background and knowledge of the political history of Canada. I actually think I may have found a Man of Character who understands the moral and ethical principles that Canadians have always valued as a matter of pride.

I finally found a Canadian Politician worthy of my respect: He’s one of a small handful from 50 years of disgusted observation of the Ottawa circus. He’s got good company with Broadbent, Layton and Pearson.

He may not like the company of good old Pierre but liking is a personal matter. Respect is earned.

Enough praise and Kissy Kissy for Mr. Mulcair. While he comforted me with his leadership role, he did not provide me with any specifics re policy and understanding of the problem. That will be forthcoming as a result of that Request for Information that Jasbir Sandhu is passing on.

This is the Request for Information I submitted:

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Thursday, August 29, 2013

To Someone familiar with NDP Party policy and plans regarding Marijuana.

My name is Blaine Barrett and I live down the street.

I am an Advocate with a Blog.

“Medical Marijuana With TheSmeeGoanGuy”

at

http://goan-smee.blogspot.ca/

I am familiar with the Party position regarding Legalization of Marijuana and have no problem with it. That is a long term problem for you to deal with. What I want to know and will publish if informed is just what is the Party proposing to do about the immediate problems facing the Medical Marijuana Patient population by the stupidity of the Medical Marijuana Research Program. It’s passage will financially destroy access to sufficient dosages of marijuana to provide proper relief for their symptoms.

It’s time for some clarification and I would like to be contacted by someone with the ability to provide specifics and not generalities.

I can be reached at 604-585-0236 or by e-mail to

thesmeegoanguy@gmail.com

In anticipation of a prompt reply

Best regards,

Blaine Barrett

TheSmeeGoanGuy

You want to know who I am just Google the Word

Now I wait!

And so must you!

UNTIL???

The Baleful Bitches of Bancroft

Coe Hill Renames Herself Again

She’s Back:

Cat Peever this time

A Foreword I hadn’t planned.

Without intending to I have insulted Cat Peever and for that I must apologize. I was unaware that she is a real person and made the mistake that it was a nom de plume for one of the terrible trio of traitors. While I disagree with her comments she has absolutely no connection with the slander artists I condemn.

I must also correct the impression that there is a connection between Annie Oakley, the character assassin and Charlie Renaud. Charlie was using Annie Oakley an her page name at the time but my Annie Oakley confidential informant turned out to be a cop with a wiretap on Dr. K’s phone or a bug planted in his house. All the details are laid out in my previous post The Cops are Vicious Sons-of-Bitches archived under February, 2013 on the right hand side of this page

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To continue

In a previous post I effectively challenged Matt Mernagh to help Dr. Rob Kamermans and I upset Cat Peever so much that she sent two comments to the post. I have deleted them from the blog but posted one here because I want to show how this bitch distorts the truth. I am almost certain this is Coe Hill back from the dead in order to spread more dirt. She should know better. As I have advised all Anonymous contributors that nasty shit without a factual base is a no-no and is not acceptable for the blog. Please ladies relax I am not calling all of you bitches just Vycki, Lori and Johanna

 Cat Peever Comment #1: 

Sorry Dude!  I know of the case that Matt was referring to there and indeed there was one patient who I personally know of who was refused a signature by Dr. Kammermans as that person was on minimal disability income and simply did not have the required funds to pay.  This person was told,  "no cash, you cannot see the doctor"...

Wrong, wrong, wrong, Cat! The only one who makes that sickening accusation is a sick bitch with mental problems and an axe to grind and hurt feelings because Dr. K. wouldn’t put up with your rotten fucking behavior: 

Johanna, Vycki or Lori? Which one are you? 

It’s one of you three ex-employees all of whom have an axe to grind. The guy who took pity on you and your fucked up mental condition and gave you employment is in trouble and your hurt feelings make you backbite and slander him. The factual part of all your dirty little insinuations and allegations give you away as his employees

Over and over and over again one or all of you’ve assumed false identities that turned out to be fake. Anonymoius Freddy Elderf, Annie Oakley, Coe Hill and now Cat Peever crawl out of the slime barrel as an assumed identity for one of you bitches. You pop up someplace where a favorable comment has been made about the Good Doctor and you make the same bullshit claim about the elderly disabled and Cash Up Front, but that is you’re modus operandi. Over and over the same bullshit allegations with never a name of the victim. 

There’s a whole goddamn crew of you out there I’ve got some allegations to make about you and your fucking despicable behavior.

Every body would like to know why you’ve got this vendetta with the good doctor so I’ll deal with you all in chronological order of employment.

Let’s deal with you first Johanna Comeau, you were the first one that showed up on his doorstep crying for help and kissing his ass to get hired. He noticed your mental shortcomings and took pity on you and gave you a job. You didn’t last long because you then showed your true bitch nature to everybody. You offended everybody with your nasty disposition and foul mouth when irritated. When the complaint level from customers and even your fellow staff got too much to forgive Dr. Kamermans was forced to fire you. Even then he took pity on you and on your recommendation hired your sister (sister-in-law?) Lori Stephenson, who presented as another mental defective to take pity on. Unfortunately she also has a genetic defect called “Treason Tongue” just like you, Johanna.

Lori; You really screwed up. Dr. K thought you were a valuable friend and a trusted employee right up until the day you quit because of those “death threats” you started receiving after his arrest. That was probably bullshit thought up by Johanna but I believe you probably got a “death threats” call from Vycki Fleming and you believed her. You quit your job and Dr. K gave you an excellent letter of recommendation and then you and Johanna went to the cops and helped kick start the Assassination of his Character. Actually Lori I think your just a chicken shit coward afraid of your Comrades.

But now we come to the chief bitch of all, you Vycki Fleming.

You probably did threaten Lori into quitting Vycki. You’re the most vengeful and I think the one with the most motive to smear him.

1.    He cost you money

2.    he told you to fuck off and

3.    ruined your plans for a DG license. 

Those are offenses that an egotistical narcissistic bitch like you can’t handle. You only worked a couple of months with him but it was your advocacy and big goddamned mouth that set of the grape vine and the avalanche of patients Dr. K couldn’t refuse to treat.

Vycki, you had a goldmine set up with Dr. Saul. You did the legwork and located the patients and fed the money machine until he got fed up and fired you. You were demanding $250 in advance for your advocacy and the Doctors fee. You then submitted the forms to the Dr. and paid him his $100 fee. Everybody was happy as a pig-in-shit until he found out you were getting a $150/ patient finder’s fee. End of goldmine! Not!

You moved on to Dr. Kamermans and shifted your traffic to him but you couldn’t con the Doc to play your game but that didn’t matter. You had other moneymaking plans in progress. You conned Dr. K. into giving you and your boyfriend employment at $10/hr which really didn’t suit your self image. It put you in the position where you could get some leverage as an employee and ask for his help for your boyfriend. He really was sick and looked it and you had him apply to Dr. K. for a signature He turned him down flat and there went your plans as his Designated Grower. I guess you thought that the sicker the better: a really sick applicant would get a bigger dosage. Stupid! You should have picked a boyfriend who wasn’t the survivor of a 30 year career as a professional Drug Addict. You and your walking skeleton left and you have been trying to get even ever since.

This is just the opening shot in my war against all those so called friends of yours who help you with rah rah comments when you slime the Doc when he gets some good press. In particular there is one asshole named Johnnie Fredette who’s got a big fucking mouth and if anybody reading this can clue me in on the asshole please message me on FB.

I also have a few choice comments to make to Matt Murnagh the object of Cat Peevers praise and admiration. Matt needs an attitude adjustment and he can’t keep his fucking mouth shut.

Let this serve as fair warning to anybody inclined to shoot their mouth off about Dr. K in any FB group without facts to back it up. If I find it I will rip your ass up. Make allegations without support and I’ll return the favor. I think I’ll do good at that, I just had a 1200 word practice.

That’s it for this post but I have follow-ups half wrote so stay tuned

Blaine Barrett

TheSmeeGoanGuy

Whatcha Gonna Do For Me? Me? Me?

Hey there! My MP!

Whatcha Gonna Do For Me? Me? Me?

As it now stands, as of April next year the Harper Government is going to change the laws and outlaw personal growth of cannabis. Mandatory criminal charges and sentencing for anyone caught growing over 5 plants wil back up this new twist on prohibition. That is cruel and unusual punishment being inflicted on anyone needing medication but unable to afford it under the new pricing that will result from their new supply and distribution. The Harpocrits claim that this is going to result in a price level around the $8 level but given the framework of the deal as I see it, they believe they can implement a cartel of producers coordinated by Ottawa, LOL . They want to maintain a monopoly of supply with pricing the least of the concerns. 

I smell GREED!

Big Pharma? Big Business? Big Finance? Tobacco?

Big Crooks the Lot!

Who’s going to grow it?

I guess it will be the successful bidders who can come up with a small fortune to invest in a seat on the cartel and can wait till hell freezes over to realize a profit.

Why a small fortune? The initial set-up investment, operating costs, the size of the market, outside services i.e. QC, technical services for inspections and testing on a continual basis to ensure regulatory compliance,  +++ 

I don’t know how big the market for medicinal pot is right now and neither does anyone else: supposedly 20,000 buyers but growing to half a million in short order. Somebody’s going to be damned busy trying to just figure out how far and how fast any successful bidder can get to a break even point.

Health Canada has made the system so damned complex with regulatory overkill that the casualty rate in the first year is going to be disastrous. As of April 1, 2014 nobody will have any customers but the will have to have stock on hand. When do you start to grow? That’s easy, One grow cycle before April 1! How much? What kind of cannabis? How many strains? What’s that going to cost? How long will it stay on the shelf before we can get our money back? Where do I get customers? What do I charge or do we have a cartel price? I‘ve watched businesses start and fail for 50+ years and there’s disaster on the horizon come the big day. It’s going to be a bureaucratic fuck-up of massive proportions: that’s a guarantee.

So What’s the Point?

My point is that regardless of the mess they create and have on hand when the starting gate opens next April, if I grow my own medication,

I will immediately become a felon, subject to Criminal Code charges under the Controlled Substances Act and a mandatory sentence in one of Harpo’s new accommodations (you remember,for all those cells to handle the unreported crimes Stockwell Day predicted before he fled Cabinet). Harpo couldn’t let his buddy Stockwell be wrong: he had to do something to get his cellblocks loaded so he just created some new crimes to be reported.

I’m simply asking all Members of Parliament, what they are prepared to do to protect you, their constituent and supporter, from Harpo’s cruel and unusual punishment for growing my own medication.

I don’t want to spend my retirement years in prison!

I need Cannabis and can’t afford enough now

Whatcha Gonna Do For  Me? Me? Me?

Trashy Cheap Shot Yellow Journalism

A Perfect Example

“Legalizing pot endorsing stupidity: DiManno”

I just read and almost puked when I read the column by By: Rosie DiManno Columnist, Published on Wed,  Aug 07, 2013 in the Toronto Star.

This is nothing but Character Assassination at it’s worst by a dimwitted broad who doesn’t respect Justin Trudeau. Why not? Because he actually thinks and reassesses his actions. I put a link to her article below but I wouldn’t recommend reading it for content but rather a quick skim to determine where to place it on the totem pole of despicable yellow journalism- Poison opinion with no evidence provided and no way for the target to respond.

How can you refute another’s personal opinion of you like the following slime Rosie threw at him in this article. If it was private, “Fuck Off Asshole!” is adequate but since this is a bitch looking for attention how do you respond? You can’t sink to her level because you have a public image to protect.

“I trust Justin Trudeau will give dope a wide berth because he’s already the political embodiment of stupid, a callow fellow who’s parlayed genetic pedigree — and not much else — into public office, the putative saviour of the federal Liberal party. Cute but silly, Liberal-lite on policy and vision rather than the transformative figure plumped by Grits yearning for a return to preeminence.”

Rosie declares her intelligence and ability to criticize by using great big words and in Justin's place I would parse that first paragraph and use those big words as ammunition and reply:

Haysoos kristos Rosie, it looks like you got me right down to a tee! All those big words fit but and I’m going to have to explain how accurate you were. Using that “highfalutin” language to describe me is a gift I wasn’t expecting because it gives me the opportunity to interpret all the humongous verbiage you vomited into the Star.
Stupid? I am not stupid or I would not be where I am today. Unlike you who got stuck at a lower level.
Callow? That means Inexperienced and immature. I’ll concede inexperience component but not the Immaturity. I am doing what has to be done to gain experience stupid, there’s no other way and in this business you mature quickly when you are subjected to asshole attacks like yours. Been there, done that.

Parlayed? Guilty as hell! Trudeau is a name that is recognized as that of a master politician and I intend to follow in his footsteps and leave this country in a hell of a lot better shape that it is now.  No-one knows if the name has the weight needed to attract people’s attention and get them to listen to me and take me seriously. It’s a gamble worth taking.

 I do have a genetic linkage to a master politician, and first hand observation of him combined with his teaching during my upbringing. I do indeed have a Pedigree from a family tree of wonderful people with an established family history. I know my lineage; can you tell me the name of your Great great great grandfather?

Putative Generally considered or reputed to be a savior for the party. I hope so because that is my whole intention.: Liberal-lite Yes. I was brought up to understand Liberal philosophy but it is not written in stone. That is my reason for being here to help form and guide the party to a platform and policy that reflect these times are changing and how to confront them. In order to achieve that you have to be Transformative . I am a firm believer in Transformative justice as a general philosophical strategy for responding to conflicts, and I am trying to apply it to the internal wounds of our party. If successful and so far I think I have been well received. I am predicting I will win and get our party back to its former

Preeminence where it rightfully belongs.

End of response:

If anyone wants to read the garbage in it’s entirety the link follows. I couldn’t get past that one flatulent paragraph: the smell of bullshit was too much to bear.

Read at your own risk

Decriminalization backers, including Justin Trudeau, haven’t thought out the consequences, including massive bureaucracy.

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/08/07/legalizing_pot_endorsing_stupidity_dimanno.html

Somthing Worth Sharing

A Mothers Hands

The Name of This Game is Empathy

A young man applied for a managerial position in a big company. He passed the initial interview, and now would meet the director for the final interview.

The director discovered from his CV that the youth's academic achievements were excellent. He asked, "Did you obtain any scholarships in school?" the youth answered "no".

" Was it your father who paid for your school fees?"

"My father passed away when I was one year old, it was my mother who paid for my school fees.” he replied.

" Where did your mother work?"

"My mother worked as clothes cleaner.”

The director requested the youth to show his hands. The youth showed a pair of hands that were smooth and perfect.

" Have you ever helped your mother wash the clothes before?"

"Never, my mother always wanted me to study and read more books. Besides, my mother can wash clothes faster than me.

The director said, "I have a request. When you go home today, go and clean your mother's hands, and then see me tomorrow morning.

The youth felt that his chance of landing the job was high. When he went back home, he asked his mother to let him clean her hands. His mother felt strange, happy but with mixed feelings, she showed her hands to her son.

The youth cleaned his mother's hands slowly. His tear fell as he did that. It was the first time he noticed that his mother's hands were so wrinkled, and there were so many bruises in her hands. Some bruises were so painful that his mother winced when he touched it.

This was the first time the youth realized that it was this pair of hands that washed the clothes everyday to enable him to pay the school fees. The bruises in the mother's hands were the price that the mother had to pay for his education, his school activities and his future.

After cleaning his mother hands, the youth quietly washed all the remaining clothes for his mother.

That night, mother and son talked for a very long time.

Next morning, the youth went to the director's office.

The Director noticed the tears in the youth's eyes, when he asked: "Can you tell me what have you done and learned yesterday in your house?"

The youth answered," I cleaned my mother's hand, and also finished cleaning all the remaining clothes'

“I know now what appreciation is. Without my mother, I would not be who I am today. By helping my mother, only now do I realize how difficult and tough it is to get something done on your own. And I have come to appreciate the importance and value of helping one’s family.

The director said, "This is what I am looking for in a manager. I want to recruit a person who can appreciate the help of others, a person who knows the sufferings of others to get things done, and a person who would not put money as his only goal in life.”

“You are hired.”

This young person worked very hard, and received the respect of his subordinates. Every employee worked diligently and worked as a team. The company's performance improved tremendously.

A child, who has been protected and habitually given whatever he wanted, would develop an "entitlement mentality" and would always put himself first. He would be ignorant of his parent's efforts. When he starts work, he assumes that every person must listen to him, and when he becomes a manager, he would never know the sufferings of his employees and would always blame others. For this kind of people, who may be good academically, they may be successful for a while, but eventually they would not feel a sense of achievement. They will grumble and be full of hatred and fight for more. If we are this kind of protective parents, are we really showing love or are we destroying our children instead?

You can let your child live in a big house, eat a good meal, learn piano, watch on a big screen TV. But when you are cutting grass, please let them experience it. After a meal, let them wash their plates and bowls together with their brothers and sisters. It is not because you do not have money to hire a maid, but it is because you want to love them in a right way. You want them to understand, no matter how rich their parents are, one day their hair will grow gray, same as the mother of that young person. The most important thing is your child learns how to appreciate the effort and experience the difficulty and learns the ability to work with others to get things done.

Try to forward this story to as many as possible...this may change somebody's fate.

An Open Letter To Matt Mernagh

An Open Letter To Matt Mernagh

The TheSmeeGoanGuy strikes again

I hope I Found A Crack in His Armour

Attn: Matt Mernagh

Good Morning Matt

My name is Blaine Barrett, with a nom de plume TheSmeeGoanGuy

I’m a Medical Marijuana Advocate with a blog and Dr. Rob Kamermans is one of my near and dear causes. When you commented to Tom Blackwell about Rob Kamermans you made a minor slip of the tongue that I have to challenge. You made a couple of way out of line comments about a man you obviously know very little about.

You owe Dr. Kamermans an apology!

It was stated:

“Yet the fees for signing marijuana forms did rankle some of Dr. Kamermans’ patients.”

Where did that come from? Who!

There has never been one complaint from any patient regarding the matter of fees. That is because if you were one of his patients you would know that if you told Rob you had a problem and needed a refund there would never be an argument. You are his patient! You have a problem; His fee is hurting You: to refuse a refund would be to do You harm!

“FIRST! DO NO HARM!”

That is the whole fucking reason he’s in this mess!

He honored his Oath as a Physician!

Does anyone have a problem with that?

He signed applications in a futile but commendable attempt to relieve the Hurt being caused by the refusal to do so by 67000 of his fellow Physicians on the advice of the Canadian Medical Association.

They consequently have turned their backs on him!

He can expect no support from them!

 “They seemed exorbitant,” said Matt Mernagh,

a prominent medical-pot activist.

His Greed and Criminality is the product of Cop propaganda and you’ve apparently bought the slander. You demonstrate your ignorance of fact when you comment about his intentions and apparent greed as evidenced by the outrageous exorbitant fees he was charging.

What is reality about this Greedy Criminal shit?

Pay Attention: It’s a lesson in elementary Mathematics!

It’s common to hear $250 cited as his fee. Correction! That’s one of his fees. That was what he charged to make a House Call in Halifax. He intentionally saved his Halifax patients half the return fare to come to him in Ontario, and he saved them a hell of a lot more when you look at fares from BC.

You might also consider that the average cost of a signature was ($500,000/4100 signatures) = $120. That’s not too bad is it? It’s a lot lower that the outrageous exorbitant $250 Halifax Home Call and that brings up a question: What were the minimum charge and the lower fees that dropped the average that much?

I can’t answer that but I have someone who just did. This morning I got an e-mail from my friend and ally Jon. He has Crohn’s disease in all its nasty ways and it’s bad. He lives near Rob and is a long time patient. He is outraged by the treatment being accorded Rob and is extremely critical and sensitive to anything written about his doctor. He disappeared on us for two weeks we feared he’d died but there was no way to contact anyone to find out. He popped up two days ago and won’t say a damn thing about whatever happened but he read the Kamermans column he felt compelled to supply a few missing details that answer

What was the minimum charge and the lower fees that dropped that much?

Jon’s Criticism of the Blackwell Kamermans Article

From: jon

9:22 AM  July 28, 2013

to me, tblackwell

B.

A Very good and fair article.

Few things i did not see addressed, local & regular patients paid nothing, zilch, zero for signings of MMAR forms, i know of many that were not even asked and a handful of others that traveled to see him and did not have the cash to pay because of being on ODSP or other pensions / assistance and he just signed for free or on condition they donate to the local food bank.

The only 2 doctors advocating and actively signing at that time were Rob Kamermans and doctor David Saul (see the order entered by the College of Physicians and Surgeons against David Saul - -  an older and longer haired near-clone of Kamermans in looks and advocacy) and both became overwhelmed by demand from patients that could get no offer of help anywhere else.

Dr.Saul also did not charge many of his patients unless they could afford and offered.

Dr. Rob also throws patient Xmas parties at a local tearoom, does house calls and invites patients over for dinner or to help pick fruit or hang out with him and his wife.   Since being charged he has cut back on his open heartedness but not by much and still calls to patients to see how the new meds are working, to remind of pending appointments or to do 'well being calls' when appointments are missed.

What other doctor calls you to say "the cherries are ripe, come by and pick some?"

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That is a question for you Matt. I think you owe it to him to check out the truth about him. You’re a person of experience in this sort of shit and I think you could do him a great favor! You’re a Celebrity and your large following deserves the truth. Take the time to find it out about Rob and then tell them what reality is!

Both his character and professional reputation need salvaging because of the Character Assassination he’s had at the hands of the police. There is another matter where you could be of great assistance but before I say anything about put on your lawyer hat.

Financially Dr. Kamermans is now in really deep water. His Insurance Coverage for Legal Representation just ran out and he is now in the position of having to defend himself. NFW! That is hopeless. He has none of the basics skills, knowledge, but most of all his character is such that for him to assume an adversarial posture is impossible.  

I don’t know if the man has ever felt rage or wanted revenge.

He needs help and I am confident all 4100 of his patients will join me in asking you to do so.

Please consider my request for assistance for the man. He is ruined. Even if he managed to get the whole pack of bullshit legal charges dismissed he still will have no practice, no employment and a bunch of bills that aren’t going to go away

In conclusion Matt, you think just like the Doc. I can hear him saying what you did about him in the first person:

 “Part of me feels that I’ve been thrown under the bus.

Part of me feels, ‘You kind of did it to yourself.’ ”

 Maybe he did but his intentions were honorable and they made him a victim

 If you extend him some help you will be helping a Doctor who demonstrates the Six Pillars of Character that C.M.A., and the rest of our modern society, have either forgotten or never were taught.

Trustworthiness. Respect. Responsibility.

Fairness. Caring. Citizenship.

The Medical Marijuana Community owes him some payback.

I hope you can provide some.

 Best Regards,

Blaine Barrett