Israeli pharmacies to start selling medical cannabis
Medical marijuana is about to become a whole lot more accessible in Israel with pharmacies across the country expected to soon start providing the substance. Israel’s largest pharmacy chain, Super-Pharm, which has 225 branches across the country, has been meeting with health ministry officials over recent weeks to allow prescription dispensation of cannabis, Israeli newspaper Haaretz Thursday.
Cannabis use in Israel remains illegal, with 20 people a day arrested for soft-drug use. It is legal for medicinal use and in recent months there has been an easing of restrictions, leading to a surge in people being treated with marijuana from just a few dozen a decade ago to 27,000 this year.
Pharmacies cannot yet sell marijuana, with patients currently receiving the substance direct from growers via distribution centers or home delivery. But authorized doctors and pharmacists could soon be allowed to prescribe it. And Super-Pharm is actively...
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