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Lots of people have been hailing the medical uses of marijuana, leading a number of states to legalize the drug if you have a prescription.\u00a0 Now Israeli researchers (Israel being the world\u2019s leader in research into medical marijuana) has developed a strain that gives the medical benefits without that unfortunate side effect of the \u201chigh.\u201d<\/p>\n

Do you think this product will catch on in medical marijuana circles?\u00a0 I say, NO, are you kidding?\u00a0 Except, perhaps, as a medicine for children that doctors might prescribe, I\u2019m pretty sure that the high is what users find so thereapeutic.<\/p>\n

From Israeli medical marijuana creates buzz but no high\u2014 will it go global? \u2013 The Washington Post<\/a>:<\/p>\n

In a greenhouse in the mountains of the Galilee, a technician in a lab coat is coddling a marijuana seedling that is coveted for life-saving medical benefits for epileptic children, doctors say \u2014 without the high.<\/p>\n

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Named \u201cRafael,\u201d for a healing angel called upon by Moses, this varietal of cannabis is for people who don\u2019t want to be under the influence, and it is available in oral doses in Israel.<\/p>\n

Israel has become a world leader in science on the medical uses of marijuana, and its producers could become major exporters of medical cannabis, experts say. But so far, the government has allowed them to export only their knowledge \u2014 not the actual product.<\/p>\n

[Keep reading. . .]\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote><\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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