Israel cannabis news
Research & Culture
Clinical trials, cultivation science, university research and the wider culture around cannabis in Israel.
- Cannabis Magazine (Hebrew)Research & Culture
Israeli study of 135,000 medical cannabis patients finds women report more side effects
Hadassah and Hebrew University researchers analysed national licence data on about 135,700 patients from 2018 to 2022 and found women started on lower doses and THC levels yet were about 1.5 times likelier to report at least one side effect.
- Hanf MagazinResearch & Culture
Ten-year Rabin Medical Center registry study reports about 90% lower opioid use in back-pain patients on medical cannabis
The uncontrolled study of 1,000 patients, published in the European Spine Journal, found large reductions among those who stayed in treatment, though its authors warn study-design bias likely inflates the effect.
- Maariv (Hebrew)Research & Culture
Over 500 Nova festival survivors attend Israel’s first conference on trauma and substance use
The Nova Tribe Community association and the ICA brought together survivors of the October 7 parties, freed hostages and bereaved families to talk openly about alcohol and cannabis use after trauma, aiming to cut stigma and get people to seek help earlier.
- Ynet (Hebrew)Research & Culture
'Fauda' star Dafi Shoshana Alpern's other job: running a medical-cannabis pharmacy
The actress, who played Hagit across three seasons of 'Fauda', tells Ynet that she and her husband have managed a licensed medical-cannabis pharmacy since the pandemic — a venture her father moved into after the family's pharmacy chain wound down — and describes the strict criteria, heavy bureaucracy and dedicated on-site safe the regulator requires.
- Cannabis Magazine (Hebrew)Research & Culture
The protein craze's missing superfood: hemp seeds top the plant-protein tables but stay banned in Israel
With protein-enriched foods everywhere in Israeli supermarkets, this feature points out the oddity that hemp seeds — around 31.6g of protein per 100g by USDA figures, near the top of the plant-protein rankings — cannot legally be sold in Israel, while hemp-seed oil, which contains almost none, can.
- JNSResearch & Culture
Medical cannabis can 'significantly reduce' chronic pain in over-65s, Israeli researchers find
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the Cannabis Clinical Research Institute at Soroka University Medical Center in Beersheva report that medical-cannabis therapy significantly reduced chronic pain in patients aged 65 and over, without adverse effects.
- YnetnewsResearch & Culture
Israeli 'turbo cannabis' breakthrough could reshape medical marijuana cultivation
Researchers say a new cultivation method can sharply increase yields — a potential edge for Israeli producers.
- Ynet (Hebrew)Research & Culture
Medical cannabis in Israel: essential medicine or dangerous overhype?
A feature weighs the clinical evidence for and against medical cannabis in Israel, examining whether the treatment lives up to its reputation.
- Kan 11 (Hebrew)Research & Culture
'No need to fly to Amsterdam': how Israel became a cannabis power
A feature on the rise of Israel's cannabis sector, from its research roots to one of the world's largest patient bases.