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tikun olam
Green gold: Israel sets a new standard for legal medical marijuana research, production and sales
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.
Israeli researchers grow marijuana without a high
Israeli researchers say they have developed a cannabis plant that gives no high.
Israeli scientists invent marijuana ‘without the high’
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.
Months later, Jewish groups and Israel are helping a tsunami-devastated Japan
In northeastern Japan, the area hardest hit by the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami, a team of Israeli post-trauma experts guided local teachers and officials through their lingering pain.
Professional-Lay Relations Need Examining
When people query me as to who our clients are, if the person is Jewish, I often answer, \”Half our clients are Jewish organizations. And the other half are people who treat us really nicely.\”