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One of the greenhouses at Breath of Life Pharma near Beit Shemesh, where producers are anticipating the passage of a law that would allow them to export medical cannabis. (Courtesy)
Startups seek to cash in on cannabis, but some fear Israel will take a hit
By Simona Weinglass
A proposed law to permit medical marijuana exports to the world is expected to generate a windfall for producers. Could it just be a pipe dream?
Startups seek to cash in on cannabis, but some fear Israel will take a hit
By Simona Weinglass
One of the greenhouses at Breath of Life Pharma near Beit Shemesh, where producers are anticipating the passage of a law that would allow them to export medical cannabis. (Courtesy)
September 24, 2017, 4:52 am
Startups seek to cash in on cannabis, but some fear Israel will take a hit
A proposed law to permit medical marijuana exports to the world is expected to generate a windfall for producers. Could it just be a pipe dream?
By Simona Weinglass
Filmmaker and photographer Ezra Soiferman at Tweed's Smiths Falls, Ontario facility (Bilal Rizack, ©Perpetuum Productions)
May 6, 2017, 8:05 am
As artist-in-residence at a cannabis company, a photographer’s creativity is sparked
At Tweed, Jewish Canadian Ezra Soiferman communes with plants for his 'macrojuana' shots
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan speaks during a conference, March 28, 2017. (Roy Alima/Flash90)
April 26, 2017, 7:26 pm
Minister insists PTSD-struck veteran be jailed for cannabis use
Rejecting appeal by fellow Likud MK over 7-month prison sentence, Gilad Erdan says defendant has a long criminal history
By Stuart Winer
Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein (R) speaks with MK David Bitan at the Knesset, January 18, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 26, 2017, 6:43 am
Law and behold: The legislation that survived winter in the Knesset
As MKs go on break, here are the bills that passed - from legalizing outposts to lengthening maternity leave - and those that died before they hit the floor
By Marissa Newman
Protesters wearing white sheets shout at Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) as he arrives for his confirmation hearing to be the US attorney general on January 10, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)
February 18, 2017, 4:42 pm
Alt-right website tries to weed out Jews from drug reform
A neo-Nazi 'news' outlet -- the US's top hate site -- claims that 'kikes' are behind attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions for his ardent anti-drug policies
By Madison Margolin
Thousands attend a rally in support of legalizing marijuana, held in Rabin square, Tel Aviv, February 4, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
February 5, 2017, 12:18 pm
Thousands call for full weed legalization at Tel Aviv rally
Knesset members join others urging public security minister to go beyond decriminalizing cannabis use
By Stuart Winer
January 28, 2017, 12:37 pm
Israel Cannabis: Under the Hood
As Israel moves to decriminalize marijuana, Israeli industry will stay focused on the plant's medical uses
By Clifton Flack
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu adresses the Knesset during a Q&A session, January 25, 2017 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 27, 2017, 3:57 pm
Illegal cigars, legal weed
As pundits dissect probes against the PM, potheads rejoice over the expected decriminalization of marijuana
By Adiv Sterman
January 26, 2017, 4:14 pm
Israel cannabis: under the hood
As individual states across the US loosen their grip on decades of cannabis prohibition, the world has a front row seat to the birth, and the inevitable growing pains, of a new multi-billion dollar cannabis economy
By Clifton Flack
Cannabis plant (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
December 20, 2016, 10:29 pm
Ship sails 450 kg of cannabis to Tel Aviv to fight drug ban
Protesters claim marijuana on board 'Erdalena' is intended for medicinal use and distribution among the sick
By TOI staff
Different strains of marijuana are displayed during a rally in support of Prop 64 at Sparc Dispensary, San Francisco. California November 8, 2016. (AP/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
November 9, 2016, 10:21 am
3 states okay recreational pot; 2 toughen gun control
California, Massachusetts and Nevada vote to legalize marijuana use; Nebraska reinstates the death penalty
By David Crary
(Top left, clockwise, marijuana photo: Richard Lautens/Toronto Star via Getty Images; prison photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images; cigarettes photo: Matt Cardy/Getty Images; guns photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
November 2, 2016, 2:34 am
The Jewish vote: Pot, guns, justice and other ballot measures worth noting
Amid the cacophony of calls in the presidential campaign to build walls, end sexual assault, and 'lock her up' are a host of issues of compelling Jewish interest
By Ron Kampeas
A worker tends to cannabis plants at a growing facility for the Tikun Olam company near the northern Israeli city of Safed (Abir Sultan/Flash 90)
September 12, 2016, 11:28 am
In Israel, booming medical marijuana looks to conquer new highs
While research into health benefits of cannabis has zipped along thanks in part to the local culture of 'protekzia,' a pioneer in the field says hundreds of uses of the plant are waiting to be discovered, and a marketer wants to slip it into milk so everyone can have a daily dose
By Melanie Lidman and Shoshanna Solomon
An Israeli agricultural engineer inspects marijuana plants at the BOL (Breath Of Life) Pharma greenhouse in the country's second-largest medical cannabis plantation, near Kfar Pines in northern Israel, on March 9, 2016. (Jack Guez/AFP)
August 28, 2016, 11:49 pm
Israel to begin exporting marijuana soon — minister
Agriculture Ministry setting up facilities for research, development of growing cannabis for medical treatment
By TOI staff
An Israeli agricultural engineer inspects marijuana plants at the BOL (Breath Of Life) Pharma greenhouse in the country's second-largest medical cannabis plantation, near Kfar Pines in northern Israel, on March 9, 2016. (Jack Guez/AFP)
March 27, 2016, 7:56 am
In Israel, seeds of a heady future for medical marijuana
While recreational use of cannabis is still illegal in the Jewish state, therapeutic use is not only permitted but encouraged
By DAPHNE ROUSSEAU
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