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  • Medicinal marijuana administered to residents of the Hadarim nursing home in Naan kibbutz, Israel - 17 Jul 2011
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    Medicinal marijuana administered to residents of the Hadarim nursing home in Naan kibbutz, Israel - 17 Jul 2011
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Chameleons Eye / Rex Features ( 1394622k )
    Medicinal marijuana being weighed on a scale, Residents of the Hadarim nursing home in Naan Kibbutz, near Rehovot, Israel, smoke medical marijuana to ease their aches and pains.
    Twenty years ago the first Israeli patient was approved to use a medical cannabis in Israel, since then, Israel has allowed around 11,000 patients to consume marijuana legally.
    At the nursing home in Kibbutz Naan lives fourteen seniors who are medical marijuana drug users. They have reported significant improvements in their conditions such as reduction in pain and anxiety, improvement in symptoms of depression, stimulation of appetite and it has even been reported to help patients to fall asleep.
    The local medical team at the kibbutz welcomes the serenity, peace and withdrawal of chemical pills, like painkillers and anti-depressants.
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    Residents of the Hadarim nursing home in Naan Kibbutz, near Rehovot, Israel, smoke medical marijuana to ease their aches and pains.

    Twenty years ago the first Israeli patient was approved to use a medical cannabis in Israel, since then, Israel has allowed around 11,000 patients to consume marijuana legally.

    At the nursing home in Kibbutz Naan lives fourteen seniors who are medical marijuana drug users. They have reported significant improvements in their conditions such as reduction in pain and anxiety, improvement in symptoms of depression, stimulation of appetite and it has even been reported to help patients to fall asleep.

    The local medical team at the kibbutz welcomes the serenity, peace and withdrawal of chemical pills, like painkillers and anti-depressants.

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