Advances in medical marijuana in Israel
Israel government modified on September 2014 its law on medical marijuana, allowing all doctors to prescribe this natural medicine which was, until then, only distributed in a few clinics and medical facilities.
There are currently around 18.000 patients using medical cannabis in Israel, a number that could easily reach 40.000 people in 4 years. The list of diseases suitable to be treated with marijuana is getting longer and longer; Pediatric Epilepsy and Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome have just been added recently.
The larger marijuana clinic in Israel is called Tikun Olam. Its team has just published a report on the effects of therapeutical marijuana in more than 2.000 patients with different medical conditions: cancer (68%), chronic pains (6%), neuropathic pains (5%), digestive disorders (3%)...
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