Posts Tagged: medical marijuana
Israeli Cannabis Outfit Cannbit Launches Cancer Study
CTech - Tel-Aviv listed cannabis producer Cannbit is launching a study to test a cannabis-based treatment for three aggressive types of cancer, Cannbit announced in...
Nabis Holdings to Acquire 49 Percent of Israeli Cannabis Company Cannova Medical
CTech - Canadian Securities Exchange-listed Nabis Holdings, a Canadian company focused on cannabis investments, will be acquiring a 49 percent stake in Israel-based Cannova Medical,...
Former Prime Minister Barak Going Into the Medical Marijuana Business
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak is going into the medical marijuana business as the newly appointed chairman of InterCure, a large Israeli company positioning...
Could Israeli Medical Marijuana Research Help Treat Asthma?
JNS.org - In a development that could spark Israel’s newest achievement in the medical cannabis sector, the Israeli-British cannabis biotech start-up CIITECH announced this week that it...
Israel Hopes for High Profits as Committee Approves Medical Marijuana Exports
JNS.org - Israeli companies and the Israeli government itself stand to earn large profits from the country's burgeoning medical cannabis industry. On August 13, a joint government...
As Recreational Use Clears Hurdle, Medical Cannabis Rides High in Israel
JNS.org - Beyond the scent of cannabis drifting through the venue, there was an extra buzz in the air this year at Israel’s third annual CannaTech --...
Israel Poised to Decriminalize Marijuana
JNS.org - Israel is poised to decriminalize marijuana, pending approval of a plan that would consider the drug a public health issue rather than a criminal one. At...
In Israel, Medical Marijuana Research Far From Stuck in the Weeds
JNS.org - One of the most revolutionary social movements in the past decade has been the growing acceptance of the consumption of marijuana in...
New York Rabbis Working With Colorado Company to Certify Kosher Marijuana
New York rabbis are working with a company from Colorado in an effort to sell legal and certified kosher medical marijuana, the New York Post...
In Case You Didn’t Know: Israel’s Medical Marijuana Market (VIDEO)
JNS.org - An interesting CNBC article explores the medical marijuana industry in Israel. Medical marijuana is legal in Israel. According to CNBC, not only is...
Study: Marijuana Legalization Would Add NIS 1.6 Billion to Israeli Economy
JNS.org - Marijuana legalization could add more than NIS 1.6 billion ($450 million) to the Israeli economy in taxes and savings, according to a...
Israeli Rabbi: Medical Marijuana is ‘Kosher’
An Orthodox rabbi in Israel has determined that smoking and distributing medicinal marijuana is kosher, but using it recreationally is "forbidden," Ma'ariv reported Friday. Efraim Zalmanovich,...
Death Penalty for Leibby Kletzky Killer and Other Comments
The death penalty was recently the subject of a Times op ed by David R. Dow, entitled "Death Penalty, Still Racist And Arbitrary." In a...
