Cannabis

Is smoking cannabis actually healthier than smoking tobacco? – study

Cannabis plants can absorb heavy metals from their environments and transfer them to the person smoking them.

Israel police seizes 137,000 cannabis plants in largest op ever

Police raided 160 greenhouses containing 126,350 cannabis plants in the Negev firing range and additional nine greenhouses containing 11,200 plants were raided in the western Negev.

Can police officers tell when you've smoked marijuana before driving? - study

In addition to their field sobriety tests, the participants took part in a driving simulation.

'Stoneos' cannabis cookies look too much like Oreos, says US FTC

The letters were sent by the FTC and FDA over concern that children may want to try them, including products that could easily be mistaken for Doritos chips and Cheetos cheese-flavored snacks.

By REUTERS
05/07/2023

Israeli autistic man arrested in Dubai for cannabis possession has been released - report

In Israel, he does have a license to use cannabis, but the same license is not valid in Dubai.

Accessibility to medical cannabis in Israel to be made easier for some

Until now, to get medical cannabis legally, a patient had to obtain a license with the approval of the ministry or certain doctors who were trained for this.

South African 'wooly umbrella' plant could be used to treat pain - Israeli study

The team revealed the series of biochemical steps the plant takes when it makes these compounds and also showed how these steps can be reproduced in the lab.

PROF. RAPHAEL MECHOULAM

Prof. Raphael Mechoulam, father of Israeli cannabis research, dies at 92

The Bulgarian-born scientist will be remembered for his many contributions to the field of medicinal cannabis.

Raphael Mechoulam, Israel’s ‘father of cannabis research,’ dies at 92

Mechoulam is remembered for his contributions to the medical field his foundational role in the International Association for Cannabinoid Medicines and the International Cannabinoid Research Society

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA
11/03/2023

Canonic uses AI to breed new line of THC-heavy cannabis products

The company’s six new products all contain at least 23% THC, a feat made possible thanks to AI-enabled gene selection.

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