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cannabis decriminalization

Freshly harvested cannabis (iStock)
March 14, 2024, 8:10 am
Amid high demand, medical cannabis experts hail ‘game-changing’ relaxation of rules
Estimates see upcoming Health Ministry policy changes combined with war-related PTSD cases driving a 70 percent growth in registered patients
By Gavriel Fiske
Israelis gather at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv to mark the international marijuana smoking day, in a demonstration to legalize the drug, on April 20, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
February 9, 2022, 7:13 pm
Justice minister proposes further decriminalizing recreational cannabis use
The plan won’t allow prosecution ‘other than in exceptional cases,’ limits fines to NIS 1,000, won’t differentiate between first and repeated offenses
By ToI Staff
A woman works in a lab at a high-tech cannabis products start-up at a technological incubator center in the town of Yeruham in the southern Negev desert on February 1, 2022. (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)
February 6, 2022, 9:05 am
Desert town Yeruham aims for employment high as Israel’s ‘medical cannabis capital’
Town in southern Negev hopes to capitalize on its economic priority zone status by drawing startups in developing field of non-recreational pot
By Alexandra Vardi
Illustrative: A worker tends to cannabis plants at a growing facility for the Tikun Olam company near Safed, August 31, 2010. (Abir Sultan/Flash90)
December 7, 2021, 12:09 pm
Health Ministry to look at legalizing use of cannabinoid CBD
Panel will look at potential benefits as well as oversight of the substance’s use in products; Knesset agrees to form a so-called cannabis committee
By ToI Staff
New Hope MK Sharren Haskel speaks during a vote on a medical marijuana reform bill, at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on October 13, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 17, 2021, 6:00 pm
New Hope MK threatening to buck coalition if ‘cannabis committee’ not formed
Sharren Haskel accuses Meretz of holding up panel to discuss medical marijuana, legalization and other cannabis-related matters, in violation of coalition deal
By Raoul Wootliff
Lev Parnas arrives at a US federal court for an arraignment hearing on October 23, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)
October 22, 2021, 11:58 pm
Giuliani associate Parnas convicted of making illegal political donations
Jury finds Florida businessman used Russian financier’s cash to push cannabis venture and gain facetime with top GOP figures, giving inside look at industry of access peddling
By Tom Hays and Larry Neumeister
New Hope MK Sharren Haskel, center, seen during a vote on a law proposing reforms regulating medical marijuana, held in the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on October13, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 13, 2021, 5:41 pm
Knesset gives preliminary okay to bill to make medical cannabis more available
Ra’am party backs legislation, as leader MK Mansour Abbas, speaking in Arabic, makes it clear he will only ever agree to medical use of the drug
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
New Hope MK Sharren Haskel speaks with Blue and White MK Eitan Ginzburg who is managing the Knesset plenum, July 28, 2021. (Noam Moskowitz/ Knesset spokesperson's office)
July 28, 2021, 9:48 pm
Snap vote to decriminalize marijuana fails in Knesset due to Ra’am opposition
New Hope MK blames her former Likud colleagues, who had supported law proposal in previous government; coalition MKs Walid Taha and Mazen Ghanaim vote against
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Israelis gather at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv to mark the international marijuana smoking day, in a demonstration to legalize the drug, on April 20, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
July 14, 2021, 8:11 pm
Coalition pulls bill on decriminalizing marijuana because of Ra’am opposition
Arab coalition party asks that legislation wait another two weeks, mulls how legalizing recreational use will be received by Arab community
By ToI Staff
An Israeli man smokes marijuana at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv during a demonstration calling to legalize cannabis, on April 20, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
July 14, 2021, 2:12 pm
Marijuana decriminalization bill takes a hit as Ra’am snuffs out support
TV report says coalition trying to convince New Hope MK to pull proposal until other sources of legislative backing can be found
By ToI Staff
An Israeli smokes a marijuana joint in Jerusalem on April 20, 2017 during a rally at the Rose garden, to celebrate 420 and to express their defiance of current laws. (AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX)
November 9, 2020, 1:47 pm
Government committee said set to recommend full cannabis legalization
Recommendation reportedly to be released in coming days, after Health Ministry changed tack to back recreational use
By ToI Staff
A worker tends to cannabis plants at a growing facility for the Tikun Olam company near the northern city of Safed, August 31, 2010. (Abir Sultan/Flash90)
June 24, 2020, 2:10 pm
Cannabis legalization bills pass early readings; ultra-Orthodox MKs walk out
Legislation co-sponsor Sharren Haskel says consumption of cannabis is symbol of personal freedom; Smotrich decries ‘dangerous social experiment’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Young Israelis protest for the legalization of marijuana outside the Knesset in Jerusalem on April 20, 2014. (Matanya Tausig/Flash90)
June 21, 2020, 4:43 pm
Cannabis legalization bill clears first hurdle
Legislation will decriminalize possession of up to 50 grams of marijuana while legalizing possession and consumption of up to 15 grams by people above 21
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image of someone smoking cannabis. (Tunatura; iStock by Getty Images)
June 9, 2020, 7:42 pm
Government announces plan to advance cannabis legalization reforms
Legislation easing restrictions on recreational, medical use to be advanced ‘responsibly’; report says process will take 4 months, use to be approved for ages 21+
By ToI Staff
Charly Lowy in Brussels, Belgium. (Courtesy of Lowy/via JTA)
November 8, 2019, 4:11 pm
Belgian Jewish baker launches mass-produced cannabis bread
When it hits the shelves later this month, the organic Cannabread will have the taste and smell of the plant without the intoxicating effects, says Lowy bakery
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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