So this would carry over for workers operating heavy equipment on the job site . There are a lot of occupations where you're working...farmers even. There are lots of members of Parliament missing fingers and so on from working with heavy equipment on farms. So if you're impaired anywhere around heavy equipment, you're at much greater risk of having an industrial accident, I would think.
On the issue of genetic predisposition, I'd just like to comment on that. Genes are modified by the things we're exposed to, so you're getting a genetic response from cells all the time to external threats. I would think anybody who has been using a substance or been exposed to a substance is going to fairly quickly begin to develop a genetic response to that modification. So just saying that the genes are perhaps different from somebody who hasn't been exposed to this would probably be a valid observation, but it doesn't mean they started with genes that were that way. They've been modified by external experiences. That would be an observation, I would say.
Also, I want to ask you this, then, on the same line. On maternal smoking of marijuana and expressions with the fetus, and with the young child who has a mother who's been smoking marijuana, I've seen some evidence raised that this is a particular concern. I'm just wondering if that's something that's on your radar. Can you comment on that?