Arutz 7 reports that Deputy Knesset Speaker Moshe Feiglin protested to the Knesset last week when the Marijuana Medical Law he introduced was put into the hands of Health Minister Yael German. Feiglin wanted the law to allow distribution by general practitioners. MK German was supposed to have amended the proposal to address concerns from professionals and Knesset members to include close regulation of the drug. Feiglin attacked the new proposal, which is said to put greater restrictions on marijuana’s prescription and use for pain relief, as “drowning the patient in an impossible bureaucracy” and “inviting incredible corruption” into the diagnostic process.

Israel is U.S.’ Third-Ranked Science Partner

Israel 21C—Israel ranks third, trailing Switzerland and Canada, among 16 nations considered to be the strongest partners of innovation through science and technology with the United States, according to the 2013 U.S.-Israel Innovation Index as published by the US-Israel Science & Technology Foundation (USISTF). Israel is an R&D destination for the U.S. and Israelis like doing business in the U.S. US-Israel societal and cultural ties cover a large variety of non-scientific and non-technological elements of the relationship, which contributes to innovative technical interaction between the two countries.