Yucaipa banned all cannabis cultivation, delivery and use. They will not allow cannabis in Yucaipa.This includes medical marijuana and effects medical marijuana patients. My brother, who was diagnosed with Aspergers at a young age, was prescribed medication that actually harmed him more than helped. For many years, it caused excessive weight gain, depression, nightmares, and towards the end of his usage of the prescriptions he was given to treat his Aspergers, caused stomach bleeds, kidney and liver damage. At that point he had no choice but to discontinue use of these prescribed medications.



When he was 18, he seeked out an alternative treatment. He was prescribed medical marijuana to aid in treating his Apsergers. It worked. He no longer suffered from the depression, no longer had the stomach bleeding, kidney or liver issues (As time went on), and could maintain a normal life and function normally. He now holds two jobs, and lives a relatively normal life for a 23 year old. Now the city of Yucaipa wants to take the only effective medication away from him that treats his Aspergers without damaging his body. This also effects medical users who are prescribed medical marijuana to cope with the side effects of chemotherapy, the pains and loss of appetite associated with cancer, as well as many other serious side effects of illnesses, diseases, and medications have associated with them that can be treated with medical marijuana.



The Yucaipa City Council has no actual basis for this ban. They choose to ignore actual medical proof of the benefits of medical marijuana. I would like to see this overturned so that medicinal users can have access to medical marijuana, which is a less harmful and more beneficial in treating pain and symptoms caused by certain diseases/viruses and less addictive than most medications used to treat pain, and has far less harmful side effects than many medications.