JERUSALEM — Israeli ministers on Sunday endorsed a draft bill to legalise export of cannabis for approved medical use, Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked’s office said, without elaborating. Adoption by the ministerial committee on legislation, which meets outside the full cabinet, means that the draft will now move forward as a government bill. In January, the agriculture ministry said it planned to invest eight million shekels (US$2 million, 1.98 million euros) into medical cannabis research projects. In January last year, US tobacco giant Philip Morris ploughed $20 million into Israeli company Syke, which produces precision inhalers for medical cannabis. Last month, Israeli public security minister Gilad Erdan announced his support for decriminalising recreational use.

Source: Viet Nam News February 06, 2017 03:33 UTC