Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried will join the rest of the Florida Delegation Tuesday after a four-day trade mission of her own.
One of the areas Fried has explored: Israel’s cannabis sector.
World-renowned for its research and innovation, Israel is revolutionizing the still nascent medical marijuana sector.
Fried, an advocate for the plant as a lobbyist, a candidate, and a Commissioner, made the strong case that strategic collaborations between Florida and Israel companies may be game-changers, both for the industry and the plant itself.
Fried says that Israel is “decades” ahead, not just of Florida but the rest of the world, in identifying the various and myriad palliative properties of the product.
Whereas debates over THC levels and the like dominate Florida political discourse, in Israel, researchers are “breaking down the molecules” of cannabis, to “formulate different products for different conditions.”
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