Israelis Offer Medical Marijuana Expertise to Growing CA, Global Market
As California prepares for the era of legal marijuana, Israel is emerging as a potential overseas partner in new cannabis-related enterprises.
As a report in Sunday’s New York Times notes, Israel has been a leader in medical research into the benefits of marijuana, and is currently conducing more clinical trials than the United States, which one Israeli expert called “ridiculous.” With California and other jurisdictions legalizing marijuana cultivation, Israel is moving to expand it abroad.
The new expansion, ironically, is being led by Israel’s ultra-Orthodox health minister, who is lifting restrictions that had limited the number of growers in the country to eight.
Along with increased awareness of the benefits of the drug, revenues to the government are driving interest in expanding medicinal marijuana cultivation. Marijuana is still illegal in Israel, except for medicinal uses, but the country is considering using its research edge to market the product — for...
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