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Jews and Pot
New Hagaddah ‘sparks up’ a Passover conversation on the drug war
Eitan Arom
March 22, 2016
There are simple rules to throwing a cannabis seder, according to a new hagaddah invented for that purpose:
Green gold: Israel sets a new standard for legal medical marijuana research, production and sales
Simone Wilson
October 2, 2013
Just over six years ago, in the lush Upper Galilee of northern Israel, the nation’s first large-scale harvest of legal medical marijuana was flowering on the roof deck of Tzahi Cohen’s parents’ house, perched on a cliff overlooking the bright-green farming village of Birya. Until then, fewer than 100 Israeli patients suffering from a short list of ailments had been allowed to grow the plants for themselves, but this marked the first harvest by a licensed grower.
Israeli rabbi: Weed is kosher if it’s medicinal
Jewish Journal
June 28, 2013
An Israeli Orthodox rabbi ruled that distributing and smoking medicinal marijuana is kosher, but using weed for fun is forbidden.
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