Israel to treat soldiers with medicinal marijuana

This one has been making the rounds but I'm posting it here to make sure no one misses this landmark in the use of our plant. Israeli soldiers are reportedly (and unsurprisingly) coming back from their mandatory tours of duty in the Palestinian territories suffering from combat stress. The military is about to start treating the malady with cannabis.

The mental health department of the Medical Corps is set to begin tests in the next few days on volunteers who are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder after reserve duty, the paper said.

A scientist who will help conduct the experiment heads a research team which discovered that cannabis helped mice which had suffered physical stress and even reduced the risk of stroke.

With hundreds of their soldiers being treated for this condition after returning from the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the Israelis see potential for their people to find natural relief. We await the findings of this research great interest.