Non-commercial prices for "research" being paid to closely related parties

Many of you will have read in other forums my concerns about ZLD not having any novel products and doing low-quality clinical trials to give the impression of doing drug discovery.

Something else has come to my attention which I feel obliged to share with you:

Stewart Washer resigned as a director of ZLD and has a new entity (Emerald Clinics) where ZLD is paying $99,920 to recruit 8 patients for a clinical trial. This is approximately 10-20 times the price charged at Cannabis Access, Cannvalate or CDA where the cost for patient recruitment for clinical trials is approx. $500-$1000 per patient.

Here is an exert from their plans freely available on their website:



And guess who the owners of Emerald Clinics are:

Stewart Washer (former director of ZLD), his wife Patty, his dad Mal and his brother-in-law, Craig Darby:


With this kind of deal structure, it does appear confusing about the primary modus operandi of Zelira?

Please do not shoot me, I am simply the messenger.