Veterans Affairs committee  Go with what the need is. From what I understand from the doctors, I'm at the somewhat low end of use. For the guys who need the 10 grams, well, give them the 10 grams. We're not just talking psychological. I have arthritis in every single joint in my body. I have back issues, knee issues.

Veterans Affairs committee  I do have one of my friends whose brain is going to research. They don't even understand how he's alive, because of the damage. He got blown up twice. He uses, on average, 10 to 15 grams a day. However, I use a completely different method. He smokes; I don't. It works for him; it doesn't work for me.

Veterans Affairs committee  How about asking me? I'm right here.

Veterans Affairs committee  It's nice to hear you, Gord. I had zero issues whatsoever; however, I was guided through other veterans who weren't so lucky. The way it works, from what I remember, is that you contact a middle company that deals between you and a licensed provider and they take care of all the paperwork.

Veterans Affairs committee  Absolutely not.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. Actually, the object of my upcoming MRI is to support the damage of mefloquine on my brain. I took it for literally nine months straight, which is twice as long as the recommended use. Essentially, I have every single symptom. Yes, I've seen some shit and I've done some stuff that nobody should ever do, but regardless, besides the psychological issues, there are also physiological issues that I'm dealing with that cannabis actually helps alleviate.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. Sorry. Go ahead.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. I would like to point out that from my perspective—I'm no doctor, but I've been dealing with it for 12 or 13 years now and studying as much as I can—the big difference between what I would call the classical PTSD—and, by the way, I can't hear the “D” anymore, because it is not a disorder; it's an injury.

Veterans Affairs committee  The big difference between the classic PTS and the chemical PTS coming from the mefloquine is that with PTSD classic, through treatment, help, and medication, or whatever you want to call it, you can reach a certain normalcy, if I can use that word—you can have somewhat normal living—whereas, a guy like me can reach only so far because the brain has been damaged and there's no room for more improvement.

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm not as eloquent as the previous speaker. I'll just give you a quick history about me. By the way, I have a speech impairment, so I might stop talking at any time. I'm a 13-year veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces. I was in the signal corps. I was deployed in 2006 in Afghanistan for the first rotation of nine months.