epa02310452 A worker tends to cannabis plants at a growing facility for the Tikun Olam company near the northern Israeli town of Safed on 31 August 2010. In conjunction with Israel's Health Ministry, the company currently distributes cannabis or Marijuana for medicinal purposes to over 1,800 people to help relieve pain caused by various health conditions. EPA/ABIR SULTAN ISRAEL OUT
Jason David administers oral drops of a medical marijuana tincture that he says has greatly helped control the symptoms of his son Jayden's severe epilepsy in Modesto, California, July 20, 2012. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times/MCT) ORG XMIT: 1128768
