General Israeli firm's new medical marijuana

[tom_mai78101]

Under armed guard, at a secret location in the hills of northern Israel, rows of cannabis plants in a large greenhouse give off a sweet, distinctive smell.

In a nearby processing room, bags of dried buds and leaves are weighed and bagged. A woman in a lab coat operates a device producing dozens of ready-made cigarettes.

Cannabis is an illegal drug in Israel but this facility is allowed to operate under a government licence. The company that runs it, Tikun Olam, uses organic methods to grow different kinds of cannabis for medical use.

Now, it has developed a new strain that could change the image of the drug.

Read more here.

 

[Fatmankev]

I remember reading about this. It makes me happy for all those that use it for truly medicinal purposes, as it will hopefully go on to improve many lives. It makes me sad for those that use it recreationally or fake medicinally, because it's something that those on the border for medical marijuana could use to try to make regular medical cannabis illegal again and only this stuff legal. I'd still smoke it, though.

 

[Accname]

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Now, it has developed a new strain that could change the image of the drug.
[...]

Why? Is it highly toxic?

 

[FireCat]

"(These include) not being high

At least some good news!

 

[Nyph]

At least some good news!

Err, what. This makes it completely outclassed by painkillers. Weed aint weed if it doesn't get you high.

 

[Varine]

I hear Afghanistan has this really good medicinal opium.

It makes me sad for those that use it recreationally

... we're not friends.