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UK patients can now get a THCV-rich 'diet cannabinoid' strain on prescription, while Israeli labels may not even list it
Israel's medical cannabis quality rules bar packaging from stating cannabinoid concentrations, THCV and CBD included, and the Health Ministry told the magazine its policy has not changed.
- Cannabis Magazine (Hebrew)Regulation & Policy
Why cannabis seeds are banned but poppy seeds aren't: the odd corners of Israel's Dangerous Drugs Ordinance
A look at how a law written more than fifty years ago still governs cannabis seeds, bongs, grinders and plant-derived CBD in Israel today.
- Walla (Hebrew)Regulation & Policy
Health Ministry warns cannabis firms that prohibited advertising will be met with enforcement
A ministry letter to the industry says medical cannabis may be marketed only on company websites and social pages, without medical claims such as easing anxiety and without Black Friday-style promotions.
- Cannabis Magazine (Hebrew)Patients & Medical
Haifa court upholds NIS 106,000 in medical cannabis costs for a crash victim despite the court expert's objection
The district court held that a Health Ministry licence and the treating doctor's recommendation can justify compensating cannabis expenses, rejecting insurer Shomera's appeal on that point.
- Cannabis Magazine (Hebrew)Regulation & Policy
Jerusalem court cancels a cannabis seller's conviction so it won't block his practical-engineer registration
A Jerusalem magistrate followed the probation service's advice and vacated the conviction of a man who sold cannabis and hashish in three deals, over the prosecution's request for seven months of community-service imprisonment.
- Cannabis Magazine (Hebrew)Patients & Medical
Taxi applicant gave up his medical cannabis licence for a cab permit, and was refused anyway
A driver says a Health Ministry medical appeals board told him his cannabis licence was the only obstacle to a taxi permit, but after he cancelled it the application was still rejected, and he has now filed an administrative appeal.
- Cannabis Magazine (Hebrew)Regulation & Policy
Anti-dumping probe: four Canadian growers picked for close review, including Cronos's GrowCo greenhouse
Israel's trade-levies commissioner told parties to the medical-cannabis dumping investigation that three premium growers and Cronos's GrowCo, said to supply over 60% of Canadian exports, will be examined in depth; no preliminary ruling has been published yet.
- Cannabis Magazine (Hebrew)Business & Markets
Bazelet hit with a new indictment over late transfer of employees' pension money
The Labour Ministry has charged Bazelet Pharma and its owner Meir Ariel with 418 counts each over pension and study-fund deductions allegedly paid in late, weeks after the group's debt arrangement was approved; the defendants are presumed innocent.
- Cannabis Magazine (Hebrew)Business & Markets
Together Pharma to receive about NIS 191,000 from ICL in settlement over a damaged Uganda cannabis shipment
Together told the stock exchange its Ugandan growing partnership settled with Israeli shipper ICL over a 2023 consignment that arrived late and damaged, while its claim against Ethiopian Airlines continues.
- Cannabis Magazine (Hebrew)Regulation & Policy
Reservist with 511 days of service charged with drug-impaired driving though no active THC was found
The traffic indictment rests on a cannabis metabolite in a urine sample, with the lab reporting no THC detected and no blood test taken, showing how drivers can still lose their licences despite decriminalised personal use.
- Mako (Hebrew)Patients & Medical
Police seized a patient's legally bought medical cannabis, and had to give it back
Nahariya police returned a bag of prescribed cannabis and two phones only after a court ordered it and the patient's lawyer filed a contempt motion; the case against him had been closed.
- Cannabis Magazine (Hebrew)Research & Culture
Israeli study of 135,000 medical cannabis patients finds women report more side effects
Hadassah and Hebrew University researchers analysed national licence data on about 135,700 patients from 2018 to 2022 and found women started on lower doses and THC levels yet were about 1.5 times likelier to report at least one side effect.