Topic: legalized marijuana

December 8, 2013
3:29 pm

In this Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 photograph, Israeli women work at the Tikkun Olam medical cannabis farm near the northern Israeli city of Safed, Israel. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)

Ministers postpone debate on medical marijuana bills

Legislation sponsored by Likud MK Moshe Feiglin, which would allow all family doctors to prescribe cannabis, to be discussed next week

By Lazar Berman

November 22, 2013
4:11 am

Likud Knesset member Moshe Feiglin (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

Cool on Palestinians, hot for pot

How does the Likud’s Moshe Feiglin, who would strip Israeli Arabs of some rights and staunchly opposes a Palestinian state, explain his liberal approach to marijuana use?

By Ben Sales

October 2, 2013
5:51 pm

Jerusalem protesters call for the legalization of marijuana in Israel in 2010 ( photo credit: Abir Sultan/Flash90)

A legal high is a cheaper high

Study shows Israel could lower the cost of marijuana by 40% and swell its coffers by over NIS 1 billion if it legalizes the drug

By Spencer Ho

April 25, 2013
9:50 am

Medicinal marijuana in the pre-cookie stage (photo credit: Abir Sultan/ Flash 90)

A Jewish mom-and-pot business

A higher power The Jewish Week: Rabbi Jeffrey and Stephanie Kahn of Washington, DC, establish one of the East Coast’s first legal medical marijuana dispensaries

January 13, 2013
4:51 pm

A man dresses as a marijuana leaf during a gathering in Tel Aviv's Hayarkon Park to mark 'International Marijuana Day' on April 20. (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

Don’t forget your greens

Survey shows majority of Israelis cannot differentiate between the Green and the Green Leaf political parties

By Asher Zeiger