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What Gives Israel the Edge on Marijuana?
by Eliana Rudee
March 10, 2016

When you think “Israel, the Start-up Nation,” you don’t necessarily associate it with cannabis—but it’s time to think again. CannaTech’s conference March 7-9 brought hundreds of visitors from all around the world to Israel, a country leading and accelerating cannabis innovation, in order to showcase recent advancements in medical cannabis. The conference hosted a range of speakers from academic, scientific, medical, agronomic, entrepreneurial, investor, media and even political perspectives. Many maintained that it is not random that Israel is leading in this innovation. CannaTech CEO Saul Kaye argued that the “start-up” energy translates directly into leadership in medical research and cannabis development in three prominent ways…READ MORE