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Health Ministry’s weed czar gets death threats
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA senior Health Ministry doctor charged with approving medical marijuana applications is placed under police protection after multiple death threats from individuals whose applications were turned down.
Channel 2 reports that security officials have given the senior physician a special emergency watch that, when pressed, will summon police to his location.
To purchase marijuana legally in Israel, individuals must get approval from the Health Ministry, though many senior officials have expressed support for legalizing or at least easing access to the plant, including the chair of the Knesset Committee for the War on Drugs, Meretz MK Tamar Zandberg, and Israel’s top cop, Police Commissioner Yohanan Danino.
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