Cannabis Hebrew University Researchers Engineer Cannabis Strain with 20% More THC by Sophia Vida June 01, 2022 In a first, Rehovot engineers out of Israel have enhanced medical cannabis strains with 20% more THC. The accomplishment will help develop new strains for users and increase crop yields. Researchers at the lab of Prof. Alexand...
Legal Related Israel May Be Decriminalizing Recreational Marijuana Soon by Sophia Vida March 07, 2022 According to an announcement this past weekend, Israel is poised to decriminalize recreational cannabis use. The country's government is considering decriminalizing recreational marijuana use and expunging the criminal records ...
Legal Related Israel’s Ministerial Committee on Legislation Advances Marijuana Decriminalization by Sophia Vida July 12, 2021 It has been just over a year since Israel's last government passed two now-defunct draft bills to legalize and decriminalize recreational cannabis. The Ministerial Committee on Legislation voted this past weekend however to adv...
Sector News Panaxia Becomes First Israeli Company to Get Marketing Permit to Sell Medicinal Cannabis Products in Germany by Sophia Vida November 10, 2020 Panaxia, a subsidiary of the Segal Pharma Group which is owned by the Segal family and founded over forty years ago, has just become the first Israeli company to receive a marketing permit for medical cannabis products in Germany....
Legal Related Israel Government to Advance Marijuana Legislation Reforms by Sophia Vida June 10, 2020 This week the two biggest parties making up Israel's new government announced that they would push for increased legalization of cannabis use. The move comes a week after the police minister backed easing enforcement of existin...
Trends & Articles Cannabis Residue Found in Ancient Jewish Temple by Sophia Vida June 03, 2020 Marijuana is thousands upon thousands of years old and to prove this even more, Israeli archaeologists have said recently that they’ve found cannabis residue on artifacts from an ancient temple in southern Israel. This find i...
Legal Related Israel Has Just Approved Medicinal Marijuana Exports by Sophia Vida May 15, 2020 It was this week that Israel gave approval for the exports of medical cannabis. The country's Economy Minister Cohen praised the move as a "significant step for exporters and Israeli industry." "This is a significant step fo...
Legal Related Medical Marijuana to be Made Available by Prescription in Israel by Sophia Vida May 17, 2019 Israel's Health Minister Yaakov Litzman announced on Thursday evening that medical cannabis will be available by prescription rather than with Health Ministry permission for certain medical conditions in the country. “I have ...
Legal Related Pot Stocks Headed Higher as Israel Backs the Export of Medicinal Marijuana by Sophia Vida December 27, 2018 Shares of several pot stocks were on the rise including Tilray and New Age Beverages as traders learned that Israel is now backing the export of medical marijuana. The Knesset gave its final approval to a controversial law to a...
Trends & Articles This Company Is Teaming Up With Hip Hop Artists to Market a Marijuana Robot by Sophia Vida August 23, 2018 Israel-based Seedo is partnering up with several well-known hip hop artists in the United States (though their names have not been released) to market a robot that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to autonomously grow marijuana p...