How Israel Became So Influential to the Cannabis Industry

For decades, Prof. Mechoulam worked in relative isolation, but today all eight of Israel’s research universities and many of its hospitals are conducting basic and/or clinical research into cannabis. Dr. Dedi Meiri of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology has one of the world’s most advanced labs in the cannabis sphere, and the results of his extensive research elucidating the effects of specific cannabinoids for treating different types of cancer, among other illnesses, are eagerly awaited. In the meantime, Israeli academic and private sector researchers are publishing a steady stream of studies on cannabis and cannabinoids used to treat conditions including epilepsy, autism, obesity, traumatic brain injury, and diabetic nephropathy, among many others, as well as new types of drug delivery systems.

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