my name is jimmy bullar -- president olague: speak into the mike, sir. they will pick you up. >> yes. i am a patient and art director in life. i take cannabis because i have prostate problems that doctors cannot solve and i am here to say that grass roots is an amazing place for patients to start with. we are not drug addicts. we are not drug dealers. we are not crackheads. you look at me and i am a normal person and most people who goss go to grass roots are like me, normal people, who need their medication. and i used to live close to grass roots -- >> you're going to turn that off, right? or you're going to go out. one of the two. thank you. >> i used to live close to grass roots nine years ago and i would have never even gone close to that location and i have to say that since i have been going there the last couple of years, i have never felt threatened and if anything, i can testify that they care about the people on their block. when they see homeless people getting hurt, there are the first people calling for help. and i have personally seen them