New York Company To Offer World’s First Kosher Medical Marijuana
The AP has reported that Vireo Health, a New York based company “says it will soon offer the first certified kosher medical pot.” The company said that “its non-smokable medical cannabis products have been certified as conforming to the Jewish dietary law by the Orthodox Union.” The Orthodox Union awarded certification “after inspecting Vireo’s facilities to ensure the marijuana was grown and processed according to kosher standards.”
Vireo also stated that “it will be the first ‘medical cannabis company in the world’ to have the ‘OU’ symbol on its oils, vaporization cartridges and other products.”
Vireo says the certification will help the company serve patients among New York’s Jewish population, the nation’s largest. Its program is slated to start next month and will serve patients in New York state with certain qualifying conditions.