On A Kibbutz South Of Tel Aviv, Medical Marijuana Helps Soothe The Pain Of Cancer Patients And Holocaust Survivors

[zachw]

On a recent afternoon in Kibbutz Naan, near the city of Rehovot, Israel, Moshe Rute took a hefty puff from his pot pipe, with the blessing of the government. His hands stopped convulsing, and he drifted into the story of how cannabis had done for him something that no person could—help him forget. A “Holocaust child,” he said the memories of his past—of hiding in a chicken barn in his native France to escape the Nazis, and the later death of his wife—haunted him.

 

For years Rute, 81, had been silenced by his psychological baggage and unsuccessful at sleep. But in 1988, when he arrived at the Hadarim nursing home in central Israel, where he was prescribed medical cannabis for a cocktail of ailments, he finally “opened up,” he said. “When I was a child my imagination saved me. I was alone, talking to the chickens. What saved me here was the cannabis.”

 

Full article here.

[greenbuddha]

Cannabis DOES work... for physical AND mental conditions.

 

Thanks for the great post.

[Chauncy Gardner]

It amazes me that the government will not accept this as evidence of marijuana's medical properties.

[solabeirtan]

As  well, my screwgun serves many useful purposes. Kinda like burning one while Im plastering up my new kibbutz on the hill of Palistine...   peace 

[greenbuddha]

As  well, my screwgun serves many useful purposes. Kinda like burning one while Im plastering up my new kibbutz on the hill of Palistine...   peace 

 

The Kitty Cat sounds sour about something... perhaps he's been eating kosher pickles again?