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Potentially powerful medicine for the 2.3 million ms sufferers worldwide. it's now available in 25 countries, but not the united states, where it's still under investigation. why so much more stringent in the united states? >> i think there is a greater level of rigor at all levels of regulatory inquiry in the u.s. >> like any drug in the united states, cannabis would have to go through rigorous testing, research and approval by the fda. but after that, things start to get tricky. marijuana also needs the approval of other government agencies like the national institutes of health and the drug...

Tired with it. >> but according to studies, only 6% patients stopped taking the drug because of the side effects. more than 50% did get relief and continued on the drug. all of that makes it a potentially powerful medicine for the 2.3 million ms sufferers worldwide. it's now available in 25 down tris but not the united states, where it's still under investigation. why so much more stringent in the united states? >> i think there is a greater level of rigor at all levels of regulations in the u.s. >> like any drug in the united states, cannabis would have to go through rigorous testing, researc...

It's now available in 25 countries, but not the united states, where it's still under investigation. why so much more stringent in the united states? >> i think there is a greater level of rigor at all levels of regulatory inquiry in the u.s. >> like any drug in the united states, cannabis would have to go through rigorous testing, research and approval by the fda. but after that, things start to get tricky. marijuana also needs the approval of other government agencies like the national institutes of health and the drug enforcement administration. this is, of course, difficult, if not possibl...

Only 6% patients stopped taking the drug because of the side effects. more than 50% did get relief and continued on the drug. all of that makes it a potentially powerful medicine for the 2.3 million ms sufferers worldwide. it's now available in 25 countries, but not the united states, where it's still under investigation. why so much more stringent in the united states? >> i think there is a greater level of rigor at all levels of regulatory inquiry in the u.s. >> like any drug in the united states, cannabis would have to go through rigorous testing, research and approval by the fda. but after...

Testing done before they were used. obviously this is a difficult decision. are you talking about oil which is highly toxic in the environment. epa looked at this issue. a decision was made to use dispersants. then a decision was made to dramatically reduce the amount of dispersants being used. a 72% reduction. we're going to continue to monitor, continue to test. right now there's no anomalies. toxicity levels are not above what you might normally see in the gulf but we need to remain vij leapt and we will. >> is the seafood safe to eat? >> we've been opening fisheries. they go through rigoro...