Science related (Medical) Study Finds Medical Cannabis Can Reduce Pain in Cancer Patients by Sophia Vida May 24, 2022 According to a peer-reviewed study, for most cancer patients, pain levels improved significantly, and other symptoms also decreased with cannabis use. The Technion study published earlier this month in Frontiers in Pain Researc...
Cannabis The First Export of Israeli Medical Cannabis Seeds Head to America by Sophia Vida May 20, 2022 The first-ever export shipment of Israeli cannabis seeds has left for the US according to a statement from the Agriculture Ministry this week. The Ministry has marked the move as a major step toward becoming a global pioneer in...
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 ...
CBD Israeli Study Finds that Cannabis Oil Can Help Treat Symptoms of Autism by Sophia Vida December 20, 2021 Tel Aviv University (TAU) scientists have found that cannabis oil can help to treat autism. According to the study, published in the journal Nature, researchers at TAU demonstrated the positive effect of cannabis oils in animal...
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...
Legal Related Israel is Preparing for Cannabis Legalization by Sophia Vida December 17, 2020 In the next coming months, Israel is preparing to legalie recreational marijuana and has been aiming to expand its manufacturing, production, and exporting capabilities. Attorney Hagit Weinstock of Tel Aviv-based Weinstock-Zeha...
Legal Related Israel Plans to Legalize Recreational Marijuana Within 9 Months by Sophia Vida November 13, 2020 According to a statement from Israel's Justice Minister, the country is planning to legalize recreational cannabis within nine months. The move will be done all while balancing “liberalism and responsibility,” said Justice ...
Featured Israel’s Government Committee is Set to Recommend Full Marijuana Legislation by Sophia Vida November 10, 2020 Israel's Government Committee is reportedly getting ready to release a recommendation in the coming days to legislate marijuana fully. The move comes after Health Ministry changed tack to back recreational use. The inter-minist...
Sector News Major Achievement for Israeli Seeds and Genetics Company by marijuanastox November 10, 2020 CanBreed reports the first ever successful genome editing in Cannabis CanBreed, a leading Israeli Cannabis genetics and seeds company, announced today that as part of its R&D efforts to develop Powdery Mildew resistance in Ca...
Sector News Organigram Signs International Strategic Agreement with Canndoc Sign by Sophia Vida June 10, 2020 Organigram Holdings, Inc., the parent company of leading licensed producer of cannabis Organigram Inc., has announced that it has entered into a multi-year agreement for supply of dried flower to one of Israel’s largest and most...