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Sep 10, 2018, 6:39 PM

From Stoned Ape, to Stoned Jew to Start-up Nation

Last week I received new support for my theory that the ingestion of external opiates was a prime factor in the accelerated pace of human evolution between 3,000 and 5,000 years ago. Another participant in the Pioneer Tournament (a...

Sep 3, 2018, 9:26 AM

The DNA of censorship: war on drugs hinders research

In recent decades hundreds of billions of dollars in public funds have been misappropriated in a war on drugs based on ignorance and a shadow economy that evolves around hundreds of billions of dollars in profits. This senseless war is...

Jul 31, 2018, 12:14 PM

Why Israel’s Drug Center Needs to be Stopped

Drugs in Israel run rampant, and while the marijuana scene may be harmless, there's far worse to worry about on our streets than cannabis. Israelis are becoming hard drug users, and these drugs are increasing in popularity. It might be...

Jul 2, 2018, 11:19 PM

You’re missing the full story on medical cannabis

We’d all like to think that cannabis is a potential solution for specific, difficult-to-treat medical conditions – such as neuropathic pain or inflammatory disease – for which we lack ideal treatments. After all, it would be poetic if nature’s...

Jul 1, 2018, 8:55 AM

Opioids, mosquitoes and the missing link in human evolution

Illustrative image of a mosquito bite (nechaev-kon; iStock by Getty Images)

The cultivation of poppy fields more than 5,000 years ago caused humans to ingest large amounts of external opium alkaloids, leading to physical alterations in the human system

Jul 1, 2018, 8:52 AM

Pinchas: Passover and Marijuana

What can possibly be the connection between Passover and marijuana? Well on Passover we ask questions, and when you are high on Marijuana, well let’s just the say the questions don’t seem to matter anymore... This may sound facetious...

Jun 3, 2018, 9:50 PM

CultureJew: More Movies, Finally, and Good TV

Thirteen years ago, four Kentucky college students decided to steal several valuable books from Transylvania College’s rare book collection. One of the volumes was Audubon’s “Birds of America,” worth $12 million. How these kids came up with this wild...

May 13, 2018, 8:09 AM

Israel destroys its medical cannabis program

About thirty thousand Israelis, all suffering from severe and debilitating chronic illness, depend upon the Medical Cannabis program of the Ministry of Health for their survival and well-being. The Ministry through its IMCA (Israel Medical Cannbis Authority) has assumed...

May 6, 2018, 1:28 PM

Israel’s marijuana decriminalization is a must

I'm "new" to Israel, and while I have been here for a while, there are still some things that take a little getting used to. I've polished my Hebrew, I have started to meld in with the community, but...

May 1, 2018, 11:02 PM

Why Israel’s medical marijuana startups need more attention

Cannabis plant (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

A lot of what’s happening in Israel's medical marijuana industry is going under the radar

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