The number of physicians allowed to prescribe medical marijuana will be raised from nine to 20 by the end of this year, Likud MK Haim Katz, who chairs the Knesset Labor, Social Welfare and Health Committee said on Monday. In a raucous session, Katz said that a subcomittee will be formed to discuss intensively, demands by patients groups to get medical cannabis more easily to relieve their pain and other side effects of serious illness.
Marijuana leaf – Photo: Reuters
Cannabis is used by sufferers of chronic ailments, including cancer, multiple sclerosis and post-traumatic stress disorder, to combat pain, insomnia, lack of appetite and other symptoms. Continue Reading »
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