Our first step will be to do the research on marijuana. We're partnering with our colleagues at CAF to do proper research on the benefits of cannabis for medical purposes.
I'll follow up on your question. I had not thought about doing that type of study at this point. Right now we just want to know if marijuana works and what the long-term effects are, whether it is addictive or not.
We did this about six months ago and we're doing it again now. We looked at the usage of opioids and benzodiazepines among our veterans using marijuana. We do track that. Six months ago, when I asked for that, there was no decrease in the usage of opioids for the people using marijuana.
People say your total usage has gone down. Absolutely, it has because our number of veterans has gone down. However, in the population using marijuana and opioids, it has not gone down. We're redoing that study now to make sure; has there been a change in six months?