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July 28, 2015, 3:01 pm Edit
Australians and Israelis were among the experts attending an important forum last week in Sydney about medical cannabis regulation.
Australians and Israelis were among the experts attending an important forum last week in Sydney about medical cannabis regulation.

ISRAELI chemists will soon be able to sell medical marijuana.

Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman made the announcement today and said that it should be easier for patients to access marijuana.

“Today pharmacies give out all kind of drugs, including narcotics such as morphine, and it’s done in a perfectly orderly fashion. So marijuana will be handled the same way,” he said.

“It will be prescribed and monitored by the same standards as other medications,” he added.

Currently, tens of thousands of Israelis who have been prescribed medical marijuana can only receive it through marijuana dispensaries, which struggle to meet popular demand and to overcome bureaucratic hurdles.

Litzman hopes the new process will ease access.

Many medical professionals and scientists regularly visit Israel to learn about the country’s innovations in medical marijuana research and development.

Efforts to decriminalize marijuana are also underway in the Jewish state. A recently introduced Knesset bill would make the cannabis plant legal for private use and allow users over the age 21 to possess small amounts of marijuana.

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