Veterans Affairs committee  You're talking entirely about consuming it by smoking it. Is there a difference if you're consuming—

Veterans Affairs committee  In the VAC treatment centres, I assume there are doctors there. Do most of our vets have prescriptions for medical marijuana? Is that true or is that not true? Would most of them have prescriptions for it?

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, but our veterans are not in the military any longer, so they could go to the civilian hospitals, a civilian doctor, and get a....

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to our guests for being here. Max, thank you for your service. One of the things that's come to our attention about the VAC treatment centres is that they won't admit somebody if they are using cannabis. Max, do you know if that continues?

Veterans Affairs committee  Okay. Dr. Thirlwell.

Veterans Affairs committee  We've legalized marijuana in this country for recreational use—

Veterans Affairs committee  —but you still can't go to the VAC and say—

Veterans Affairs committee  One thing for me that's interesting is there are powerful drugs and there are safe drugs, but they usually aren't together. Safe drugs typically aren't powerful, and powerful drugs typically aren't safe. We get a lot of anecdotal evidence from the marijuana community. It seems to