As I think I laid out, we have some challenges today. Part of that is the lack of knowledge among those who are prescribing it and also the lack of research towards understanding what works well. That was the reason we started our data registry: because we wanted to collect information up front on who's getting prescribed and how much, and what's happening to their medications. We track whether their medications are coming down. Has there been a change in what they're using?
Currently, we have 22 clinics across the country. Interestingly enough, 25% of patients on the registry are indigenous patients. We have a number of veterans who are on it, but I believe that now that we're prescribing cannabis to 9,000 veterans in this country, it would be extremely important for their well-being that we track what's actually happening to see whether their symptoms are getting better. There are a lot of stories just like what you told. Unfortunately, I've also seen a lot of disasters with cannabis as well, so I think collecting data in real time would be helpful.
We have a very robust research community in this country. Given the opportunity to fund them, I think they could address specifically the issue of what cannabis will work. I said earlier in my statement that I've been prescribing it for 10 years. In the right patient, with the right monitoring, it would be good.