Danino softens on decriminalizing pot

Police chief Yohanan Danino will establish a team to reexamine the police position on the use of cannabis, NRG quotes Jewish Home MK Yinon Magal as saying.

Danino hinted two weeks ago that the “traditional position” of the state and law enforcement agencies should be reconsidered.

Magal says, “It is only the beginning and the road is still long. I thank the police chief for his efforts.”

Magal, a former TV news anchor, said during the campaign that he is an occasional pot smoker. Asked about the insistent refusal of former finance minister Yair Lapid to admit that he ever partook of the substance – which became comical when associates of Lapid said they’d shared joints with the Yesh Atid leader (albeit before he entered politics) – Magal said he didn’t see why it should be such a big deal. When asked if he ever smoked pot during the last election campaign Magal answered, “Yes, and not even so long ago.”