The Knesset Committee on Controlled Substances hosts Prof. Asa Kasher, an expert on ethics and philosophy, to discuss normalizing the use of cannabis in a democracy.
Professor Asa Kasher, in 2014. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
Regarding the use of recreational use of marijuana, Kasher says that “while there is freedom in a democracy, this freedom has some necessary limits, like the limits on the use of alcohol. Legalization can be promoted but only if the process includes relevant regulation.”
A Health Ministry representative, Dr. Yuval Landschaft, says that “in cases where it is deemed necessary, a doctor will be allowed to prescribe cannabis that can be obtained in pharmacies, but the Health Ministry believes it is not right to promote general legalization of the use of cannabis for social uses.”
Tamar Zandberg. (Flash90)
Committee head Tamar Zandberg (Meretz), who is herself a proponent of the complete decriminalization of the substance, says that “whether we like it or not, we are today at a point in which we’re waiting for gradual change in the field of cannabis. It is our job to recognize the coming change and prepare for it as best we can… The train, in this context, has left the station.”
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