BY GLENN BLAINNEW YORK DAILY NEWS
![Vireo Health of New York said it will be the first “medical cannabis company in the world” to have the “OU” symbol on its marijuana products.](http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.2481073.1451504888!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_635/medical-marijuana.jpg)
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“Judaism prioritizes health and encourages the use of medicine designed to improve one’s health or reduce pain,” Rabbi Menachem Genack said. “Using medical cannabis products recommended by a physician should not be regarded as a chet, a sinful act, but rather as a mitzvah, an imperative, a commandment.”
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