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VJ Scientific Aims to Bring 30+ Years of X-Ray Experience to Cannabis Remediation

Most individuals don’t know about VJ Group, but many have directly or indirectly interacted with its X-ray technologies at the doctor’s office or at a dental appointment, or via having their bags scanned at airports, or even by using technologies…

Israel Poised to Legalize Recreational Cannabis Use

The proposed regulations, which are expected to be approved in the coming days, would decriminalize personal cannabis use and expunge the criminal records for those convicted in the past in the majority of cases The Israeli government is considering expunging…

Intercure Makes $35m Acquisition As It Continues International Expansion

Israel’s largest licensed cannabis producer Intercure has announced plans to acquire medical cannabis operator Better for $35m, sending its share prices spiking over 5% for the second time in a week. Intercure has signed a definitive agreement with Cann Pharmaceutical,…

IM Cannabis is Building a Brand-based Supply Chain for the EU (and Maybe the World)

I originally was scheduled to interview Rinat Efrima, the newly appointed Israeli CEO for IM Cannabis Corp. (CSE:IMCC) (NASDAQ:IMCC), or IMC, but when I jumped on the call I was greeted by CEO and founder Oren Shuster, who informed me…

Cookies Stores To Open On UK And Continental High Streets In Coming Weeks

INTERCURE, which calls itself the ‘most profitable and fastest growing’ cannabis company outside of North America, is poised to open a number of cannabis shops on UK high streets. The Israeli firm has set its sights on London as it…

Green Party head encouraged by Netanyahu’s overture to legalize cannabis

February 24, 2020
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Netanyahu tweeted on Sunday that he decided to expunge the criminal records of tens of thousands of Israelis who used cannabis. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to legalize cannabis use is encouraging news, the head of the Green Party said…

Marijuana unlikely star of Israel’s elections as cannabis industry booms

Medical cannabis is legal in Israel, but recreational use of the drug is still banned. In a campaigning field inundated with some of the Middle East’s heaviest issues, from the threat of a new war with Gaza and the occupation of the…

Israel’s Grass to Grow Greener, Cabinet About to Approve Cannabis Exports

January 24, 2019
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Israel is already considered a world leader in cannabis production, and the legalization of exports will boost the sector even more. Israel will likely allow exports of medical cannabis by the end of the year, a top lawmaker said on…

Israel to allow medical marijuana exports

December 27, 2018
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JERUSALEM — Israel’s Parliament has unanimously approved a law to permit exports of medical marijuana, allowing Israel to tap the lucrative global market. Israel will become the third country, after the Netherlands and Canada, to take its medical cannabis global.…

Israel’s Top Rabbi Rules That Medical Marijuana Is Kosher For Passover

Some Passover seders are about to get a little more ... uplifting. A leading ultra-orthodox rabbi in Israel ruled that medical marijuana is kosher for Passover, the Times of Israel reported on Tuesday. Though Marijuana is a type of kitniyot,…

Israel’s first Canna Tech event draws a crowd

Cannabis tech is the lowest-hanging fruit today, because medical marijuana growers adopt new technologies much faster, says one investor. A standing-room-only crowd of venture capitalists and angels, agricultural technology investors and innovators, medical doctors, medical cannabis researchers and licensed growers…