Those are important questions.
The 30,000 were 30,000 individual patient visits over 10 years. Many of them.... I don't have the exact numbers of how many were veterans. Of course, after increasing numbers of service members started coming back from Afghanistan and Iraq, the number of veterans I would see increased. It is probably in the neighbourhood of 10% or something of that nature, maybe fewer.
The types of problems that the service members and the veterans presented with were extraordinarily complex in almost every case. Many had PTSD. Of course, PTSD is not restricted to military service members or people who have seen combat. It also results from automobile accidents or other situations in which the individual feels that his or her life is in danger.
In looking at veterans, however, the number of pharmaceuticals typically being prescribed is six to 10, and the complexity of the issue.... As I said in my statement, it can be physical pain, or it can be PTSD and a variety of other things, including traumatic brain injury, which carries another set of problems. I have seen probably the majority of service members—I'll restrict it to PTSD—being able to stop using their medicines, become productive again and engage with their families. This is not unusual.
In terms of the type of cannabis they would use, first, for three grams, it depends on what the equivalency is. If it's extracted and used in an oil, it's a different product, rather than simply smoking the three grams. I am almost 100% certain that it's an insufficient amount under any circumstances, be it extracted and orally administered or smoked.
I don't think there is any real, clear evidence that one type of cannabis or strain with a particular strain name is necessarily more beneficial. I think it is a question of what the cannabinoid content is and what chemicals are actually involved. CBD, for example, is much more effective as a treatment for anxiety than THC is. The particular diagnosis should dictate the type of treatment that's employed.