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What problem are we solving with deregulation?

What are we fixing, and for whom?

We've got our heavy endurance cutters in the State of Hawaii, and a lot of them actually move east, not west.

I don't think we can wait to have the perfect evidence for everything.

In other words, if someone does yoga or acupuncture or dance or art or whatever it is, that's success already, you don't have to get the clinical data to indicate that their pain is reduced.

But I'm just wondering whether there's not a space before you do all your double-blind studies and establish that the stuff works, if you don't look at it another way, which is if you're--diversion, right?

I think we need to understand what is truly providing this what seems to be a protection or reduction of overdose deaths.

States with medical cannabis laws had a 24.8 percent lower mean annual opioid overdose mortality rate compared with states without medical cannabis laws.

There is no question that opioids are fueling a public health emergency.

If Congress would change regulations, we would have more freedom both to investigate and to give therapy.

Thank you, Mr. Simcakoski. I really appreciate everything you've done over the many years and the sacrifice that you've made.