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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 376

marijuana

Illustrative image: 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/Flash 90)
September 3, 2023, 5:13 pm
Major study advises young people, pregnant women and drivers to avoid cannabis
Umbrella review of research over past 20 years says marijuana can be effective for illnesses such as epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and chronic pain, ‘not without adverse events’
By ToI Staff
Telegrass founder Amos Dov Silver appears at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court for a remand hearing on August 18, 2019, after being extradited to Israel from Ukraine. (Avi Dishi/Flash90)
October 19, 2022, 7:38 pm
Weed kingpin to be released from prison to serve out time in house arrest
Amos Dov Silver founded Telegrass online network, connecting 3,000 drug dealers to more than 200,000 clients; prosecution elects not to appeal decision
By Ash Obel
US President Joe Biden boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, on Oct. 6, 2022, to travel to Poughkeepsie, N.Y. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
October 6, 2022, 11:47 pm
Biden announces pardons for thousands convicted of federal marijuana possession
US president also urges governors to extend clemency to far more people who have run afoul of state laws criminalizing pot possession
By AFP
Enhanced cannabis plants grown by Israeli researchers at Hebrew University, May 2022. (Hebrew University)
June 1, 2022, 12:56 pm
Israeli researchers use repurposed plant virus to grow ‘enhanced’ cannabis
Scientists manage to increase levels of active components THC and CBG, opening up new opportunities for the growing industry
By Tobias Siegal
Troops stand next to drugs seized during a smuggling attempt on the Egypt border, on May 25, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)
May 25, 2022, 10:56 pm
IDF captures 105-kilogram drug shipment on Egypt border, arrests one
Suspect also found to be carrying night-vision goggles and other equipment allegedly for smuggling attempts
By Emanuel Fabian
Horticulturalist and activist Ed Rosenthal. (Christian Peacock/ YIVO)
May 11, 2022, 6:18 am
Is weed the Chosen People’s drug of choice? These artifacts suggest it may be
A new exhibit running through December at the YIVO Institute in NYC fires up the Jewish people’s relationship with marijuana from biblical times to the ‘Old Country’ and today
By Jordan Hoffman
The inside of a Tiberias synagogue converted into a cannabis nursery. (Israel Police)
May 8, 2022, 8:03 pm
Police find marijuana nursery in disused Tiberias synagogue
Officers seize 320 kilograms of plants from site that until recently was an active house of worship; two suspects arrested
By ToI Staff
Troops stand next to drugs seized during a smuggling attempt on the Egypt border, on April 23, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)
April 23, 2022, 9:23 pm
IDF foils smuggling of 200 kilograms of drugs on Egypt border
Troops seize contraband worth NIS 4 million ($1.22 million) after lookouts spot smugglers on opposite side of fence; no arrests made
By Emanuel Fabian
Drugs seized during a smuggling attempt on the Egypt border, on April 8, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)
April 8, 2022, 3:28 pm
IDF captures 120-kilogram drug shipment on Egypt border
Troops seize contraband worth NIS 2.4 million after lookouts spot smugglers on opposite side of fence; no arrests made
By Emanuel Fabian
Troops stand next to drugs seized during a smuggling attempt on the Egypt border, on March 2, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 3, 2022, 5:23 am
Major drug bust on Egyptian border nets 300 kg of marijuana, hashish
Troops foiling smuggling attempt seize contraband worth NIS 6 million; no arrests
By Emanuel Fabian
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
Troops stand next to drugs seized during a smuggling attempt on the Egypt border, on February 5, 2022. (IDF)
February 5, 2022, 4:28 pm
IDF foils $1.2 million drug-smuggling attempt along border with Egypt
More than 200 kilograms of marijuana flowers and hashish seized, no arrests made
By Emanuel Fabian
Cocaine and marijuana seized during a smuggling attempt on the Egypt border, on November 20, 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)
November 20, 2021, 9:51 am
IDF foils attempt to smuggle 265 lbs of cocaine, marijuana into Israel from Egypt
Drugs seized with a value of tens of millions of shekels; troops fire into the air but no arrests made
By ToI Staff
Drugs and guns that Israel Police and the Israel Defense Forces say were smuggled from Lebanon, October 23, 2021 (Israel Police)
October 23, 2021, 11:28 am
IDF, police foil gun, drug smuggling operation; Hezbollah involvement suspected
2 pistols and 9kg of hashish worth $110,000 seized near northern border, believed to have been brought into Israel from Lebanon
By ToI Staff
Adverts for drugs. (Dov Lieber)
September 26, 2021, 11:11 am
12 teens hospitalized after taking illegal synthetic cannabinoid drug
Police arrest two men suspected of distributing drug cocktail; banned from Israel in 2011, ‘Mr. Nice Guy’ known to cause dizziness, vomiting and hallucinations
By ToI Staff
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