Medical marijuana israel

Israel's medicinal cannabis policies are about to change. Here's how

Israel's new reforms for medicinal cannabis will remove a lot of the heavy regulations in the sector, making it more accessible and boosting new research.

|ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
A man inspects the leaf of a cannabis plant at a medical marijuana plantation in northern Israel.
CANONIC PUTS its plants through rigorous testing, ensuring the best product for their patients

Medical marijuana licensing: Israeli patients aren't benefitting anymore

TECH AFFAIRS: Many of the 120,000 or so Israelis with licenses to use medical cannabis have been facing rising costs, more bureaucracy, and more difficulties in obtaining their supply.

|ByTROY O. FRITZHAND
The National Insurance Institute building in Jerusalem

Who is entitled to funding for the new medical cannabis insurance benefit?

As part of improving the service for victims of hostilities, the National Insurance has signed a new exclusive agreement with the company Syqe that develops and markets a medical cannabis inhaler.

|ByMAARIV ONLINE
Employees of Plantis Agro Medical Cannabis company check the cannabis plants they grow for medical cannabis patients in Israel and abroad, in Moshav Keshet, Golan Heights, on May 16, 2023.

Accessibility to medical cannabis in Israel to be made easier for some

Until now, to get medical cannabis legally, a patient had to obtain a license with the approval of the ministry or certain doctors who were trained for this.

|ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Health Ministry advances medical marijuana reforms to reduce price by 50%

Edelstein explained that medical cannabis helped his late wife Tanya when she suffered from severe pains.

AUGUST 5, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Health Minister Yuli Edelstein at Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, August 5, 2020

Israel overtakes Germany as largest importer of medicinal cannabis flower

By July, Israel had imported more than 6 metric tons of cannabis flower into the country, according to Cannabis Magazine editor, Oren Lebovitch.

JULY 11, 2020ByIDAN ZONSHINE
A worker harvests cannabis plants at a plantation near the northern town of Nazareth

Major Israeli cannabis summit postponed amid coronavirus concerns

Also postponed is the PsyTech Summit, Israel's first conference focusing on innovation and investment in psychedelic medicine, created by the organizers behind CannaTech.

MARCH 4, 2020ByEYTAN HALON
An employee holds a test-tube as he works in the tissue culture laboratory of Pharmocann, an Israeli medical cannabis company in northern Israel

Yohai Gild, pioneer of cannabis cultivation, arrested in Thailand

Gild, one of the pioneers of cannabis cultivation in Israel, and founder of Better Cannabis, has been arrested in Thailand allegedly on suspicion of dealing different types of illicit drugs.

FEBRUARY 17, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An employee inspects the leaf of a cannabis plant at a medical marijuana plantation in northern Israel.

Israel exports medical cannabis for first time

In January 2019, the government approved exports of Israeli-grown medical cannabis

JANUARY 28, 2020ByEYTAN HALON
An employee checks cannabis plants at a medical marijuana plantation in northern Israel March 21, 2017

Israel to accelerate medical cannabis research with hi-tech incubator

The development will take place in the small Negev town of Yeruham whose mayor commented that the city's dreams of being a medical cannabis 'production capital' are now being realized.

DECEMBER 24, 2019ByEYTAN HALON
A worker tends to medical cannabis plants.

Cannabis reform freeze: Court 'irresponsible, demagogic'

Following a petition submitted by the Medical Cannabis Association, the High Court of Justice issued an interim order temporarily freezing reforms to the supply of medical cannabis in Israel.

DECEMBER 8, 2019ByEYTAN HALON
An employee checks cannabis plants at a medical marijuana plantation in northern Israel March 21, 2017

First cannabis-friendly cafe opens in Israel

Since legalizing medical use of marijuana in the early 1990s, Israel has had the most lenient cannabis laws in the Middle East.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019ByLEON SVERDLOV
A worker touches a cannabis plant at a growing facility for the Tikun Olam company near the northern city of Safed

Teva joins medical cannabis market with Israel distribution deal

Under the agreement announced Friday, S.L.E. will distribute Canndoc's GMP-approved products to clients in Israel, including hospitals, health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and all pharmacies.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019ByEYTAN HALON
Employee tends to medical cannabis plants at Pharmocann, an Israeli medical cannabis company in northern Israel

Nitzan Alon to step down as Canndoc chief executive

While he will continue to advise the company, the former project director for Iran issues will be replaced by deputy chairman Alon Granot

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019ByEYTAN HALON
Nitzan Alon 311