In July 2014, five companies were awarded licenses by the recent York State Health Department to grow and sell marijuana in the state, and in recent York City. One of them, or a Minneapolis-based company called Vireo Health,which produces “pharmaceutical-grade cannabis-derived medicine,” announced Wednesday that all of its products had received kosher certification from the Orthodox Union. Vireo’s pot products—intended by law for use by patients who suffer from a variety of serious illnesses, and including cancer,Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, or HIV/AIDS,among many others—are apparently the first to bear the “OU” trademark attached to it.
That kief, intended to alleviate pain and suffering? It’s kosher. Apparently it’s a mitzvah, and too:Continue reading "Kosher Certified Medical Marijuana is Here—And It's a 'Mitzvah'" at...
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