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Tikun Olam

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)
From the WebSeptember 16, 2019, 5:39 pm
Cannbit wins race for Tikun Olam’s Israeli business
Calcalist: Israeli cannabis company Cannbit will be buying the business for some $40 million, according to people familiar with the matter
Illustrative: A worker tends to cannabis plants at a growing facility for the Tikun Olam company near Safed, August 31, 2010. (Abir Sultan/Flash90)
August 21, 2019, 12:35 pm
Israel cannabis operations of Tikun Olam reportedly up for sale
Decision to sell follows court ruling backing Health Ministry decision to revoke firm’s license unless founder cuts back holdings, Calcalist says
By Shoshanna Solomon
Cannabis plant. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
April 2, 2019, 1:35 pm
Medical cannabis reform leaves at least 5,000 patients with no medicine
As activists sue and Health Ministry delays reform implementation, thousands of patients of largest provider are stranded without treatment
By Melanie Lidman
Medical marijuana smoking supplies at a store adjacent to the 'Tikun Olam' store in Tel Aviv, on April 10, 2016. Tikun Olam Ltd. is the largest supplier of medical Cannabis in Israel, operating under license from the Health Ministry since 2007. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 7, 2018, 3:11 pm
Thousands of patients in limbo as ministry temporarily shuts top cannabis grower
As health officials cite concerns with hygiene, patients left with with no way to fill prescriptions fume at both ministry and Tikun Olam company over ‘broken system’
By Melanie Lidman
A man is restrained by security guards after drinking cannabis oil during a hearing of the Knesset Health Committee on legalizing medical marijuana. (Screen capture: Knesset Channel)
June 4, 2018, 6:04 pm
Man downs bottle of cannabis oil in Knesset, is booted out
Visitor to parliament tells committee he suffers from PTSD and wants to prove that medical marijuana is safer than pills
By ToI Staff
Baruch HaLevi
March 21, 2018, 5:11 pm
Baruch HaLevi
Tech-un Olam: repairing the world one Israel innovation at a time
The Hebrew expression Tikun Olam literally translates to ‘fixing the world’; this implies that the world is a broken place
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
Syqe Medical CEO Perry Davidson. (Channel 2 screenshot)
December 10, 2016, 11:43 am
An Israeli’s quest to mainstream medical marijuana
Distribution deal of patented inhaler with pharma giant Teva is culmination of decade-long effort by Perry Davidson
By ToI Staff
Dyonna Ginsburg
June 1, 2016, 1:25 pm
Dyonna Ginsburg
In Nepal, a taste of the World to Come
A casual chat in an earthquake-ravaged village illuminates the transformative impact of development work
Saul Kaye
December 3, 2015, 9:09 am
Saul Kaye
Israeli Cannabis and Las Vegas, a match made in heaven
Israelis were a strong presence at a recent huge cannabis convention
Natan Sharansky speaks at the Limmud Conference in the University of Warwick, December 24, 2013 (photo credit: Flix'n'Pix)
January 5, 2014, 8:34 am
Sharansky: The free world has betrayed democratic dissidents
Icon of Soviet Jewry liberation movement faults West for confusing elections with true democracy, says Obama’s indecision on Syria led to opposition’s radicalization
By Elhanan Miller
Likud Knesset member Moshe Feiglin (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
November 22, 2013, 4:11 am
Cool on Palestinians, hot for pot
How does the Likud’s Moshe Feiglin, who would strip Israeli Arabs of some rights and staunchly opposes a Palestinian state, explain his liberal approach to marijuana use?
By Ben Sales
In this Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 photograph, Israeli women work at the Tikkun Olam medical cannabis farm near the northern Israeli city of Safed, Israel. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
November 3, 2012, 2:30 am
Israel pushing ahead in medical marijuana industry
Cannabis is administered without much controversy to over 10,000 Israeli patients, among them aging Holocaust survivors who struggle to cope with disease
By Lauren E. Bohn
A worker tends to cannabis plants at the Tikun Olam growing facility in Israel. (Abir Sultan/Flash 90)
May 30, 2012, 9:34 am
All the benefits without the high
Israeli researchers weed out the THC from marijuana to create a pain-relieving plant devoid of unwanted side effects
By Stuart Winer
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