InnoCan Pharma has began a collaboration with Tel Aviv University to develop a treatment to fight COVID-19 using cannabidiol (CBD) loaded exosomes — small structures attached to cells that are created when stem cells multiply. The patients given the treatment will be administered CBD via an inhalation technique using those exosomes, which the company says could potentially […]
Yuval Dal, an Israeli teenager, is luckier than most even though he suffers from Autism. He lives in a country that is quickly becoming the epicenter of cutting-edge research on medical cannabis: Israel. And the most trailblazing scientist conducting this research is also an Israeli, Raphael Mechoulam. In fact, Israel’s Department of Health has its […]
The Health Ministry in Israel announced plans to expand who can prescribe medical marijuana and will temporarily allow family doctors to provide their patients with prescriptions for medical marijuana. The ministry is trying to deal with the heavy load on pain clinics, the medical units that are allowed today to grant the prescriptions. The new regulations will […]
The Israel Defense Force (IDF) confirmed that citizens who hold a medical marijuana licesnse from the Minestry of Health are allowed to consume their medicine during service and during their stay on the military base. Use of marijuana without a medical license is still strictly forbidden. License holders will be allowed to use their medicine as […]
The government run Sheba Medical Center is the largest hospital in Israel and is very unique—patients, young and old, consume cannabis oil and cannabis pills on-site. Yaniv Eshed’s 9-year-old son, Aviel, is currently being treated there for bone marrow cancer. Eshed, who is now a big believer in the medical benefits of marijuana for children, told CNBC that he […]