"Chronic pain patients who use cannabis products for six months report improvements in their health-related quality of life and decreases in their daily opioid consumption, according to observational data published in the journal Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics."
"The growth in Israel’s medical cannabis industry has slowed over the past several months, but experts say regulatory changes are afoot that could reinvigorate patient numbers, if the country’s tumultuous political situation stabilizes.
Israel has one of the world’s largest medical marijuana markets.
And industry sources suggest the slight decrease in February continues a slowing trend, stemming partly, they said, from the recent arrest of a small number of psychiatrists suspected of issuing cannabis licenses without a sufficientmedical basis.
“The decline is also due to the fact that licenses can only be obtained for very specific diseases and under precise conditions,” said Oren Lebovitch, publisher of The Israeli Cannabis Magazine.
Lebovitch noted that Israeli governments have changed, frequently, in recent years.
Last fall, for example, the country held its fifth election in four years.
The frequent turnover has led to the nation's medical cannabis industry receiving inconsistent treatment from the government.
In 2020, for example, the government laid out a plan to legalize recreational cannabis, looking to Canada as a potential blueprint.
But, that plan failed to materialize because of a change in government."
"The adoption of adult-use marijuana legalization in Canada is not associated with any short-term increase in the percentage of people engaging in problematic cannabis use, according to data published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Review."
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