I, like many, voted to legalize medical marijuana, only to see time and time again the scumbags of society making obscene amounts of money growing marijuana while hiding behind sick people.

I see healthy, able-bodied adults growing in their backyards, not because they are “sick” but because they enjoy getting high, or because they sell weed for profit.

I am tired of kids coming to school reeking of weed, because their parents use their homes to process marijuana for sale.

I'm tired of kids coming to school stoned, with no interest in getting an education because they make thousands of dollars selling weed/growing weed/processing weed and see no value in an education because they can scrape by being a criminal.

I'm tired of the violence and the crime that comes with marijuana in this county.

I'm tired of growers ignoring the laws because they don't want to follow them, then rationalizing their breaking the law because they don't agree with it.

Last but not least, I'm tired of the nonstop lies and excuses coming from the pro-marijuana side.

If there were as many people in this county who were deathly ill and needed marijuana for legit medical purposes, half the county's population would be on chemo or in and out of the hospital on a daily basis.

The excuses and lies are sickening. Just admit you want to get high.

For people who have legit needs for medical marijuana, my sympathies are with you. You are the reason most of us voted on legalizing it.

I am now to the point I want it to be legalized, not because I want to use it, but so that we can take the profit out of it.

Shawn Matthews lives in Kelseyville, Calif.