Export of medical marijuana garners support from Israeli health minister
Yaakov Litzman voiced his support for cannabis exports, if the profits go directly to the Ministry of Health
Israel's Health Minister Yaakov Litzman of the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism alliance on Sunday voiced his support for the Jewish State exporting medical marijuana- if the profits go directly to the Ministry of Health, Israel's Channel 2 news reports.
Speaking the Hamodia Economic Conference, organized by the ultra-Orthodox newspaper Hamodia, Litzman said that "I support the export of medical cannabis on the condition that the profits from the marijuana will go to the Health Ministry."
"This will most likely be approved," he added.
Acocrding to Channel 2, the Finance Ministry projects that the export of meical marijuana could bring in billions of shekels annually.
In Israel recreational use of marijuana is illegal and the use and distribution of medical marijuana is highly regulated, but the government is much less rigid when it...
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