Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thanks to both of you gentlemen. I found it very illuminating, dealing with some of the issues I've been working on as a passionate advocate before I became a parliamentarian. Your work is appreciated. I've also had the opportunity to go to the Royal on a few occasions, so thank you for your work.
I think most of my questions are going to be for Dr. Sareen, based on your testimony here today.
Your comments on medical marijuana struck me because, as you may know, I was veterans affairs minister, and I tried to have a clear discussion on the use of medical marijuana, which as you know, veterans affairs approves when prescribed by a physician.
There's a real divide between use for some symptom relief—which is known for chronic pain or a variety of other things—and some suggestion by advocates and some commercial companies that it is a cure or recognized treatment for PTSD.
That concerned me, so I went out clearly on that because people who are striving for assistance should not be preyed upon by the growing commercial practice. I still get notes from some of the online folks suggesting there's clinical support, and then I look at the article and it's not clinical support at all. Can you talk about that for a moment?