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Fast Forward Snoop Dogg, Smoker Of 81 Blunts A Day, To Shill For Israeli Cannabis Company
Snoop Dogg, the iconic West Coast rapper who has estimated his own weed intake at 81 blunts a day, will be the brand ambassador for an Israeli medical marijuana technology start-up. Seedo, founded in 2013, makes an indoor grow box for plants that can be meticulously controlled with an app. The box, which resembles a…
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News How South Florida’s Alter Kockers Helped Legalize Medical Marijuana
Like many South Florida Jewish seniors, 92-year-old Ricki Marks didn’t need any persuading to support legalizing medical marijuana. Marks, a resident of a Palm Beach Gardens assisted living facility who brags that “I still have all my marbles,” voted for legalization twice, once in 2014 when it narrowly lost in a statewide referendum, and again…
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Fast Forward Israel Partially Decriminalizes Marijuana Possession
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A plan to partially decriminalize marijuana possession went into effect in Israel. Under the plan, which went into effect at midnight on Monday, use and possession of marijuana in small amounts in personal homes is not an offense. Possession in public of amounts for personal use will result in a fine of…
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Life Meet The Chabadnik Growing Medical Cannabis
From the outside, Harmony’s commercial warehouse is fairly nondescript, save for a mezuzah on the doorpost. Inside, however, is a state-of-the-art cannabis cultivation facility — a two-level, 15,000 square-foot agricultural system, yielding two tons of medical marijuana annually in order to supply Harmony Dispensary in Secaucus, New Jersey. “I believes it protects us,” CEO Shaya…
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Fast Forward Donald Trump Didn’t Want Israel Exporting Medical Marijuana. So It Won’t.
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel has halted a plan to export medical marijuana for fear of upsetting President Donald Trump. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the plan to be frozen early this week despite support from the Health, Agriculture and Finance ministries, Hadashot news reported Wednesday evening. Netanyahu told the heads of the ministries he ordered…
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Life Marijuana Is Kosher — But Is It Halal?
According to Genesis 1:29, God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you.” And cannabis is no exception here. So we already know pot is kosher — even kosher for…
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Life Marijuana Has Always Been A Part Of Jewish Life From Ancient Israel To The Shtetl
The Jewish rapport with weed is long and varied, implicit yet ingrained. President Richard Nixon, father of the Drug War, was one of the first to explicitly call it out: “You know, it’s a funny thing, every one of the bastards that are out for legalizing marijuana is Jewish,” said Nixon. “What the Christ is…
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