Caroline Melly

This is where I first was hearing whispers of cannabis being used.

And when I began to dig deeper, I began to realize that, in fact, there were quite a few families that were using that.

There were a lot of people that were using it and had been using it for many decades.

oftentimes very illicitly, oftentimes buying it on the street and in their own kitchens, right, boiling different concoctions that they would try to extract for their children.

So there was actually quite a long history of doing this long before 2016.

I asked Dr. Mellie, who studies a lot of cannabinoid therapeutics for medical purposes, especially in children, and she told me... At least if you're buying from a reputable company that provides those third-party labs, you usually get a report that tells you exactly, in terms of the cannabinoids and other components, exactly what's in there.

I mean, if you're just going to buy it from a gas station or from Whole Foods or something like that, you will not be getting that kind of knowledge.

Right.

So I think many families that are using it, at least the ones that I've worked with over time, are using companies that they've known to be reputable by word of mouth and that provide all of those third party labs.

Right.

No, definitely not.

I mean, it would have marginal benefit if any, I think.

Yeah.

So I can only guess.

The marketing scheme is extraordinary for sure.

Yeah, this is plenty.