Show me the Money – By Ziv Genesove
12% of Israelis consume cannabis
12% of Israelis consume cannabis
“We are dealing with one of the most severe violations ever discovered in our region,”
“Even if the police find only a few grams they can imprison you for more than two months without seeing a lawyer.”
The primaries in the Israeli Labor Party—which leads the opposition to Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party—recently forced
the top candidates to make statements in favor of cannabis.
The Israeli dealers rediscover the Internet and the police are helpless – A special interview with 3 local cannabis dealers.
Israeli scientists are exploring cannabis as a treatment, or even cure, for conditions ranging from cancer to Parkinson’s, asthma, insomnia, PTSD, epilepsy and IBS.
The Israeli Ministry of Health has approved Kanabo Research’s medical cannabis vaporizer as a medical device.
Last month, in a preliminary reading in the Knesset, an amendment to allow the export of medical marijuana passed unanimously. The amendment, which falls under the Dangerous Drugs Law – the same law under which the legalization of cannabis is considered – will need to be passed by the Knesset Labor, Welfare and Health Committee before its first reading.
The Public Safety Ministry’s legal adviser, Yoel Hadar, told a Knesset hearing on Monday that the ministry supports exporting marijuana, provided that it get more money to prevent medicinal marijuana from being abused recreationally.
The researchers looked at cannabis therapy in elderly patients seeking to alleviate cancer symptoms, Parkinson’s disease, post-traumatic stress disorder, ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease and multiple sclerosis.