15.07.2011                      13.Tammus, 5771

Gesundheitswesen:

Future of medical marijuana in Israel up for gov’t debate

Government expected to decide on establishing a state agency which will be responsible for authorizing, processing requests for medical cannabis.

In two weeks, the government will decide whether to establish a state agency responsible for the authorization and processing of requests for medical marijuana for relieving patients with pain that responds to no other treatment.
At a conference on Wednesday at Hadassah-University Hospital, Ein Kerem, Dr. Yehuda Baruch, a psychiatrist at the Abarbanel Mental Health Center in Bat Yam who has in the last two years single-handedly been responsible for the matter, predicted the number of authorizations could reach 40,000 in five years….