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Veterans Affairs committee  We had to do that for a lot of years before we had oil coverage as well. Obviously, Veterans Affairs did not cover the oil originally, so a lot of the older, original patients had to take the dried cannabis that one would consider as smokable and then convert that into some form of coconut oil or MCT oil.

March 18th, 2019Committee meeting

Andrew Baldwin-Brown

Veterans Affairs committee  Some would respond very well. I know that for me, dealing with the stigma of actually having to smoke or vaporize cannabis has not always been the best for me or my social life. I will actually slightly disagree with Dr. Hurd on the smoking or vaporizing portion, as I've seen that it does help a lot of veterans with sudden onset PTSD symptoms.

March 18th, 2019Committee meeting

Andrew Baldwin-Brown

March 18th, 2019Committee meeting

Andrew Baldwin-Brown

Veterans Affairs committee  With our evidence specifically, we would be more than happy to share it with Veterans Affairs. It is a sampling of veterans—mostly veterans. We have some civilian patients as well. If we can take a look at that—it's able to be extrapolated; it's a very comprehensive system—and if we can use that to help out in any way, we're willing to do it 100%.

March 18th, 2019Committee meeting

Andrew Baldwin-Brown

Veterans Affairs committee  I can speak to that from my own experience when I was getting out of the military. Granted, it was a few years ago. We used to call it “the death rattle” when troops would be walking down the hallway and they had three or four bottles of pills, of God knows what, in their pockets.

March 18th, 2019Committee meeting

Andrew Baldwin-Brown

Veterans Affairs committee  That's fantastic.

March 18th, 2019Committee meeting

Andrew Baldwin-Brown

Veterans Affairs committee  Very much so.

March 18th, 2019Committee meeting

Andrew Baldwin-Brown

Veterans Affairs committee  Very much so. There is no one-size-fits-all treatment with regard to cannabis. My post-traumatic stress disorder may be very different from that of another vet sitting beside me who witnessed even the same incidents. I found that the amount prescribed is generally in correlation with the percentage of the disability of the patient: the number of different ailments the patient is suffering from, whether it be osteoarthritis, degenerative disc disease, as well as PTSD, as well as depression, as well as, as well as, as well as.

March 18th, 2019Committee meeting

Andrew Baldwin-Brown

Veterans Affairs committee  Because it works, sir. Veterans are very community organized. If we're sitting in a hole together in Afghanistan, and I find a really good way to clean my rifle, I'll tell you. If I find a really good way to move from point A to point B and not get blown up, I'll tell you. We also have a very limited capacity to witness human suffering.

March 18th, 2019Committee meeting

Andrew Baldwin-Brown

Veterans Affairs committee  Specifically regarding veterans in rural areas?

March 18th, 2019Committee meeting

Andrew Baldwin-Brown

Veterans Affairs committee  As we found, a lot of veterans, specifically those who are struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder and depression retire into very rural areas. They want to live at peace; they don't want to deal with the hustle and bustle of city life. We found abilities to still be able to see those veterans, and if need be we can put another veteran across the table from them to get that one-on-one experience and explanation.

March 18th, 2019Committee meeting

Andrew Baldwin-Brown

Veterans Affairs committee  We are not at this time. We would love to. We would relish the opportunity to work closely with Veterans Affairs Canada. When we're taking patients in on an initial prescription, we obviously ask them what medications they're currently on and check with the medical staff to make sure there are no contraindications and that the prescription is appropriate for that individual.

March 18th, 2019Committee meeting

Andrew Baldwin-Brown

Veterans Affairs committee  It's online in our own program. It's in a medical program known as EMR, electronic records management.

March 18th, 2019Committee meeting

Andrew Baldwin-Brown

Veterans Affairs committee  With Spartan it's a mix of both. We found that the average age of our patients is somewhere around the late forties to mid fifties. A lot of those patients will be covered by the Pension Act, as well as received subsequent payments for different ailments. If somebody broke their hip in Cyprus, they got a pension under the Pension Act.

March 18th, 2019Committee meeting

Andrew Baldwin-Brown

Veterans Affairs committee  Usually not, but some do. I tend not to. Most of the patients that we deal with deal with Veterans Affairs remotely through My VAC Account. The younger generation, usually those under 40 are high users of My VAC Account. Then again, it's individualized. Someone with severe PTSD and depression may not have the capability to click 82 times to get what they need.

March 18th, 2019Committee meeting

Andrew Baldwin-Brown