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.

 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

  The National Insurance Institute building in Jerusalem

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

 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


Israel may be first country to approve cannabis vaporizer for medical use

Israel leads the world in medicinal marijuana R&D with nearly 300 Israeli growers, entrepreneurs and manufacturers receiving licenses to produce medicinal cannabis.

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Bill to decriminalize cannabis usage passes in first reading in Knesset

Usage of cannabis is currently prohibited by Israeli law.

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Police oppose medical marijuana exports, says Netanyahu

Israel has already granted licenses to a handful of cannabis growers and manufacturers, but exports are stalled over a multi-million-shekel funding dispute to securely hold the drug at the airport.

A man examines cannabis plants, grown in Israel for medical marijuana use.

Report: Netanyahu nixes medical marijuana export because of Trump

The prime minister said US President had called him and expressed his objection to pot exports. The industry was expected to earn Israel $1-4 billion a year.

A worker touches a cannabis plant at a growing facility for the Tikun Olam company near the northern city of Safed

Israeli marijuana is growing, but exports have nowhere to go

Last week, the cabinet hinted that it would approve exports of medicinal cannabis during the 2019 state budget vote, only to dash hopes by leaving the measure out.

AN EMPLOYEE checks on cannabis plants at a medical-marijuana plantation in the North last year.

Rebooting Zionism with wine and weed

The new Israel Innovation Fund is looking at how philanthropic support of Israel can be cultivated from a 21st-century perspective.

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Why is Israel’s opioid death rate so much lower than in the U.S.?

Since the late 1990s, more than 200,000 Americans have died as a result of using opioids.

A needle used for shooting heroin and other opioids and an empty bag litter the ground in the Kensington section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. October 26, 2017.

This normal life: High hopes for medical cannabis from Israel

ICAN and CannRX announced their intentions during this year’s CannaTech medical cannabis conference in Tel Aviv.

THE BREATH OF LIFE Pharma facility in central Israel may very well be the largest medical cannabis operation in the world – with a 3,250-sq.m. production plant, 2,790 sq.m. of grow rooms and labs, and 93,000 sq.m. of cultivation fields.

Medical cannabis course to be offered at Jerusalem college

“We will teach all aspects of medical cannabis from infrastructure to agriculture, to how to grow it, as well as medical treatment, legal issues and business entrepreneurship,” said Dr. Michael Dor.

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High times in the Holy Land

Israel's growing cannabis industry may soon become a prominent export sector

Culture de marijuana près de Safed