I have been suffering from the HIV virus since I was 1 year old. The treatment I receive to fight this disease is quite harsh; I suffer from insomnia, and I often have no appetite. In addition to HIV, I suffer from hemophilia. Cannabis helps me in several ways. It stimulates my appetite, helps me to sleep, and it relieves the pain of bleeding joints caused by my hemophilia. I get my medicine from the BC Compassion Club Society because it is a safe, healthy environment, unlike the streets, and I can trust the caring and dedicated people who work here. I do not wish to support the underground drug market, and the BC Compassion Club provides with an alternative place to purchase clean cannabis which would otherwise be impossible to get.