But on October 7, 2023, the tragic war struck Israel, with Hamas terrorists killing thousands of citizens – and the war has not stopped. Right before the war began, Israel was already working on major cannabis reforms that would help increase the numbers of medical patients enrolled in their MMJ program. One of the biggest projects they were working on was to change how cannabis was viewed; while it was being used as a last resort when other medications didn’t work, they wanted to transition to using it as a first line of treatment.

The entire concept behind Carr’s book is to make you realize that “no, you never needed tobacco in your life and it isn’t something precious you’re giving up”. When you are using “substitutes”, you actually create psychological signals which you are sending to your brain saying, “Nicotine is so precious, I need to have something to fill the void in its place”.

The syndrome is due to a complication of long-standing rheumatoid arthritis. There are 3 conditions present with Felty’s syndrome. They are rheumatoid arthritis, an enlarged spleen, and an abnormally low white blood count. Only 1 % of patients with rheumatoid arthritis would develop Felty’s syndrome. Because it is so rare, not much is known about it, but it is considered to be serious. What makes it more complicated is that some people do not show any noticeable symptoms beyond rheumatoid arthritis.