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Israel’s leading producer of medical marijuana is joining a local group vying for a coveted license to distribute the drug in New York State.
Tikun Olam, which serves about a third of Israeli medical marijuana patients, has joined forces with the Compassionate Care Center of New York (CCCNY) in hopes of winning one of five licenses. If the state grants CCCNY the license, Tikun Olam will ship their products and conduct research through the group starting in January.
Forty-two other companies applied for the licenses, including a handful of health groups with Jewish ties.
“We’re looking for occasions to be involved,” said Tikun Olam’s CEO, Aharon Lutzky. “We found [in] CCC in New York a wonderful team and very serious people.”
Lutzky’s son started using medical marijuana in 2008 to cope with pains from an injury. Pot was the only treatment that worked.
He became head of Tikun Olam in...
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