Cannabis: Israel's next big medical export?
Israel's fast-growing cannabis industry has high hopes for a new market -- exports of medical marijuana to America.
The country is already a leading supplier of pharmaceuticals to the U.S. Now its government, scientists and companies are working together to turn the once illicit drug into a booming new medical business.
With conservative Rabbis giving the okay for medical marijuana use, and the government adopting a relaxed stance, investment in cannabis production has exploded.
The industry is being pushed by Israel's Ministry of Health, which is trying to take the morality out of weed.
"I'm not sure that my people, my voters are so [happy] about what I did," Health Minister and ultra-orthodox Rabbi Yaakov Litzman told CNN. "If I have to look strictly at how I can help sick people who need this cannabis, I think I did the right thing."
The number of people...
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