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February 5, 2014 Andy Cush

For now, New York academic groups are free to boycott Israel all they want, as a bill that would limit their free speech on the matter has been withdrawn from the New York State Assembly. The legislation would curtail schools’ abilities to direct state funds to groups like the American Studies Association and the Association for […]

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January 2, 2013 Andy Cush

Medical cannabis occupies a strange legal limbo in Israel. There is no law on the books formally allowing regulating its medicinal use, but the country’s Ministry of Health does issue licenses allowing thousands of patients to receive the plant. And one operation–a secret, scientific/spiritual facility called Tikkun Olam–is trying to pioneer advances in cannabis technology in […]

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