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ICAN: Israel Cannabis

Illustrative: Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky smells cannabis leaves in 2016 (YouTube); Israeli medical cannabis growing operations. (Courtesy Israeli Medical Cannabis Agency)
July 9, 2021, 3:18 pm
As Israel’s biblical farming sabbatical nears, medical cannabis is budding issue
Shmita, the divinely commanded halt to agricultural work in the Holy Land every 7th year, starts again in September. What does this mean for religious users of locally grown pot?
By Yaakov Schwartz
Illustrative image: A worker tends to cannabis plants at a growing facility for the Tikun Olam company near the northern city of Safed August 31, 2010. (Abir Sultan/Flash 90)
April 22, 2021, 4:43 pm
Podcast: Pharmacist who opened his mind to Rx marijuana wants Israel to get lit
Until the 1930s, cannabis products were sold in local pharmacies, says Saul Kaye, head of CannaTech and iCan. Now, by not deregulating medical pot, Startup Nation is falling behind
By ToI Staff
The Statue of Liberty. (photo credit: Ilan Ben Zion/Times of Israel staff)
September 5, 2019, 4:15 pm
Israel cannabis startups to showcase wares to investors in New York
Aim of the September conference is to channel US funds into Israel’s cannabis ecosystem and help speed up innovation, organizers say
By Shoshanna Solomon
A worker tends to cannabis plants at a growing facility for the Tikun Olam company near the northern city of Safed, August 31, 2010. (Abir Sultan/Flash90)
December 27, 2018, 1:54 am
High hopes as Israel moves closer to allowing cannabis exports
After Knesset okay, cabinet must now decide on legislation making country third in world to legalize selling medical marijuana abroad; industry expected to be worth over $1 billion
By Marcy Oster
Illustrative: A worker tends to cannabis plants at a growing facility for the Tikun Olam company near the northern city of Safed, August 31, 2010. (Abir Sultan/Flash 90)
October 17, 2018, 12:49 pm
Israeli regulation sputters as Canada gives green light to cannabis
There have been more than 1,000 applications for permits to work in the marijuana industry, but legislators haven’t caught up
By Melanie Lidman
The annual CannaTech event held in Tel Aviv brings together cannabis professionals from Israel and abroad. March 20, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 21, 2017, 5:07 pm
Israeli-American partnership to launch cannabis sleep aid
The product, the first of its kind, announced at annual CannaTech conference in Tel Aviv
By Luke Tress
A worker tends to cannabis plants at the Tikun Olam growing facility in Israel. (Abir Sultan/Flash 90)
January 26, 2017, 4:23 pm
Decriminalization seen as boost for medical marijuana research
Weed-focused private equity fund co-founder Saul Kaye predicts $1 billion invested in Israel over the next 24 months
By Shoshanna Solomon
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