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Sitting outside of a recent conference on medical cannabis in Israel's capital, Gil Luxenbourg took a pull from a marijuana cigarette and exhaled a fragrant cloud. The lanky redhead is the chairman of the Israel Medical Cannabis Association, a patients' organization, and also alleges to be...

Iowans have been fed a lot of misinformation about medical cannabis by the Partnership for Drug Free Iowa [Iowans should trust science in marijuana debate, March 16]. Science did not make cannabis illegal, politics did. I was recently at the Canna Tech Cannabis Innovation Summit in Tel Aviv...

"As much as we love cannabis, this is a non-consumption event." That admonition kicked off the first day of presentations and roundtables at Cannatech, a three-day conference on the marijuana industry held this past week in Israel. Instead of pot edibles, hundreds of attendees munched on pita...

When you think "Israel, the Start-up Nation," you don't necessarily associate it with cannabis–but it's time to think again. CannaTech's conference March 7-9 brought hundreds of visitors from all around the world to Israel, a country leading and accelerating cannabis innovation, in order to...

A company founded by Israelis that has developed a marijuana capsule for cancer sufferers predicts that the legal cannabis industry will outstrip both the US film and organic food industries within five years. Cannabics Pharmaceuticals estimates that the medical marijuana market has the...

Israel could be just six months away from allowing general practitioners to prescribe cannabis, Health Minister Yaakov Litzman said Wednesday. Litzman is leading a reform of the Health Ministry's medical cannabis policy that seeks to devolve the authority to prescribe the drug from the...

Israel could be just six months away from allowing general practitioners to prescribe cannabis, Health Minister Yaakov Litzman said Wednesday. Litzman is leading a reform of the Health Ministry's medical cannabis policy that seeks to devolve the authority to prescribe the drug from the...

Medical cannabis is set to hit pharmacy shelves in Israel in the form of cigarettes, cookies and oil, while the number of doctors permitted to prescribe the natural painkiller and the number of farmers allowed to grow it will substantially increase, according to a Health Ministry reform. At...

A Knesset lobby for the use of medical cannabis has been established with Likud MK Sharren Haskel at its head, it was announced on Thursday. "It has become accepted that medical cannabis has significant health benefits and an important place in the development of the world of medicine,"...

Israel's preeminent expert on ethics and philosphy voiced support Tuesday for easing limits on the use of medical marijuana and – with appropriate regulation – legalizing the drug for recreational use. Speaking to the Knesset Committee on Controlled Substances, Professor Asa Kasher said...

The Technion — Israel Institute of Technology is planning to open a new course on medical cannabis in January. The list of instructors for the course includes Yair Geller, director general of the Israel Anti-Drug Authority, who is embroiled in the Yisrael Beiteinu corruption scandal. Police...

The Technion — Israel Institute of Technology is planning to open a new course on medical cannabis in January. The list of instructors for the course includes Yair Geller, director general of the Israel Anti-Drug Authority, who is embroiled in the Yisrael Beiteinu corruption scandal. Police...

Hi Guys, I'm the editor of the Israeli Cannabis website: קנאביס - מגזין עם כיוון I am also a member of the Isralei Legalization group "The truth Generation" - מגזין קנאביס | אתר הקנאביס מס' 1 בישראל - מידע חדשות ותרבות We saw Annonymous' calling for legalization marches on Octopber...

Heyy, First of all hello (First post on forum Newbie) hehe. I Live in Israel for 8 Year's now but never bothered to ask has there ever been a 420 Festival in israel If there was when ? , And if there wasnt is there anybody out here that wants to organize one for this year? :cheertwo: