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weed
In Jerusalem, medical cannabis is subject of business conference
Eitan Arom
April 6, 2016
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.
Israeli rabbi: Weed is kosher if it’s medicinal
Jewish Journal
June 28, 2013
An Israeli Orthodox rabbi ruled that distributing and smoking medicinal marijuana is kosher, but using weed for fun is forbidden.
Israeli scientists invent marijuana ‘without the high’
Jewish Journal
June 3, 2012
Israeli scientists have cultivated a cannabis plant that doesn\’t get people stoned in a development that may help those smoking marijuana for medical purposes, a newspaper said on Wednesday.
Montel Williams in Israel looking at medical marijuana practices
Jewish Journal
October 31, 2011
Former talk show host Montel Williams praised Israel\’s stance on dispensing medical marijuana and is visiting the country to learn more about its medicinal cannabis policies.
A career in cannabis
Jewish Journal
November 14, 2010
In nearly 50 years of researching the legendary powers of cannabis, Raphael Mechoulam, an 80-year-old chemistry professor at Jerusalem’s Hebrew University, says he’s only sampled the stuff himself once. That was in 1964 at his home in Tel Aviv.
Prop. 19 goes up in smoke [VIDEO]
Jewish Journal
November 3, 2010
After taking a serious look at legalizing marijuana, Californians voted Tuesday to reject Proposition 19, which would have made the state the first to allow the drug to be sold for recreational use.
Jews’ view of the pot initiative? Mixed
Jewish Journal
October 27, 2010
Marijuana is everywhere. Smokers come from every walk of life — from the college student to the cancer patient, from the wealthy older couple to the heroin addict who started out just smoking weed.
Allison Margolin, L.A.’s dopest attorney
Jewish Journal
October 27, 2010
Allison Margolin, 33, is speaking rapidly and interchangeably into two phones. Scribbling notes with her right hand and gesturing with her left, she punctuates points by emphatically tapping her 3-inch-stiletto-heeled boot on the floor.
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