[Cannawinner]

Israel leads in medical marijuana, experts say

Prescribed cannabis use per capita is highest in the world



The percentage of Israelis using medical marijuana under the auspices of the Health Ministry is the highest per capita in the world, it was revealed during a session of the Knesset Drug Abuse Committee on Tuesday.
Maariv reported that 9,000 Israelis are currently registered for a program that provides marijuana to patients with serious illnesses such as cancer, glaucoma and multiple sclerosis. That’s a 57 percent increase from 2011, and Health Ministry officials estimate that by the end of the year around 11,000 Israelis will be legal cannabis users.
In comparison, England’s medical marijuana program has 850 patients and Canada’s, 1,350. Sixteen US states have approved medical marijuana programs, resulting in tens of thousands of patients, but guidelines for writing prescriptions and for deciding which doctors can write them are, in general, much more relaxed in the US than in Israel.
Israel’s program has been called one of the most effective and progressive in the world. Despite that, the Knesset Drug Abuse Committee found that regulation and oversight of the medical cannabis program is lax; in 2009 it was decided that a government authority would be created to oversee the program, but that decision has yet to be implemented. Currently it is run out of a small Health Ministry office in Bat Yam.
According to a Ynet report, a police representative present at the committee meeting said that fields and warehouses where medical marijuana is grown and stored do not have adequate security and are sometimes located close to schools and shopping malls. The police also contended that a large amount of the product grown for medical use ultimately makes its way into the black market.
Prof. Yehuda Baruch, the psychiatrist who coordinates the program and approves prescription requests, said that without proper government oversight, there is a danger that non-therapeutic marijuana use in Israel will gain de facto legitimization.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-...a-experts-say/

[rootcap]

hhhhhhhhhhhh

this is nice to know. but they didnt said that we got the most crappy "Medical" cannabis in the world ???
it's a shame for the dispencers in israel to release the stuff they releasing.

[Cannawinner]

Not all of it is crappy,
Some of the growers know what they are doing.

[Treetroit City]

Hey Canna, I hope they will continue to let you do your thing.

[SativaKeith]

Originally Posted by Cannawinner

Not all of it is crappy,
Some of the growers know what they are doing.

without calling names, i know of one company which does the job very well done.. the rest are nothing to write about ..

plus, the amount patinas are allowed to buy per month is ridicules. most of them can't even grow their own plants.. (maybe even everyone, can't remember)

getting a permit? its like banging your head into a wall for 2 years.

this article is probably based on population/permit ratio. compare Israel to a state of Texas for example and you know what i mean, Israel still have a long way to go... but at least we're advancing somewhere..

[mack 10]

Good to see you about Cannawinner. Did you get that oil thing sorted? Mack.

The recreational weeds can be decent too!

[Cannawinner]

Originally Posted by mack 10

Good to see you about Cannawinner. Did you get that oil thing sorted? Mack.

Yes, thanks Mack,
Its almost all sorted out. But that oil thing helped a lot.

[angeldust30]

sativa-that is not the case in israel,severe patients,patients with cancer or one of the main illness's know get pretty quikly the permit
my room mate was in a car accident and he broke 3 ligaments and some ribs and he had internal bleeding
after all his surgeries he applied in the normal way and got the permit pretty quik compared to other stories i've heard.. meaning if your problem is known and severe enough you will get it fast
about the quality i won't argue,some of them know what their doing and some not.
this month the guy got diffrent weed,looks very dry,more like some landrace.. i thought it was hindu kush but i wasn't sure,anyways he got something diffrent and the main problem is that they can't garantee stability
all strains can help patients... i still think calling some marijuana medical and the other not is ridiculious,all weed does some kind of therepy healing process.. you just have to notice what it does
at least by my experience

canna - the "problem" that the police say that some of the drugs go to the black market is a gimic,how hard is it to grow in a growhouse and call it medical?
just because people sell weed calling it medical doesn't mean it really came from a medical source
i myself know of medical that leaves but nobody can prevent advil from going between neighbours so why would weed be any diffrent?

the notice should be on selling weed to teenagers that's it... all the rest is just police bullshit that they don't do anyways

[SativaKeith]

Originally Posted by angeldust30

this month the guy got diffrent weed,looks very dry,more like some landrace.. i thought it was hindu kush but i wasn't sure,anyways he got something diffrent and the main problem is that they can't garantee stability

its definitely not a landrace.. probably some bad cured bud.

it's ridicules, i see on Facebook one dispensary that posts pictures of their plants, the pictures shows massive N & S deficiency.. and they are so proud.. they even have no idea their plants are suffering... when i contacted the growers and ask about that, their reply was that the pics are photoshop'ed..... what ???

Originally Posted by angeldust30

all strains can help patients... i still think calling some marijuana medical and the other not is ridiculous,all weed does some kind of therepy healing process.. you just have to notice what it does
at least by my experience

Thank you !!! ive been saying this for as long as the Medical bullshit started, im against that.

the government want to categorized Cannabis as "Medical", and everyone think this is going in the right direction... well maybe for now yes, but at the long run with this route, Cannabis will be Medical only and not truly free as it should.