isreal and medical marijuana

[ivantheterrible]

http://news.yahoo.com/israel-pushing-ahead-medical-marijuana-industry-180817891.html

 

[renard_ruse]

I don't see how this is going to help advance the cause of "recreational users" to legitimize the drug for recreational purposes:

...This year, the company also developed a marijuana strain used by a quarter of its customers, said to carry all the reported medical benefits of cannabis, but without THC, the psychoactive chemical component that causes a high. The cannabis is instead made with high quantities of CBD, a substance that is believed to be an anti-inflammatory ingredient, which helps alleviate pain...

 

[LiFeNdEaTh]

 

[islandman]

I believe it's outside of the DEA's mandate as to whether to classify something as a medicine or not.