Study: Legalizing marijuana would help Israeli economy
Legalizing marijuana would generate more than $450 million annually for the Israeli economy, a new study shows.
Legalizing marijuana would generate more than $450 million annually for the Israeli economy, a new study shows.
Just over six years ago, in the lush Upper Galilee of northern Israel, the nation’s first large-scale harvest of legal medical marijuana was flowering on the roof deck of Tzahi Cohen’s parents’ house, perched on a cliff overlooking the bright-green farming village of Birya. Until then, fewer than 100 Israeli patients suffering from a short list of ailments had been allowed to grow the plants for themselves, but this marked the first harvest by a licensed grower.
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