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Family members visit the site of the Nova music festival massacre, six months after the October 7 Hamas terror assault, in Re'im forest, near the Gaza border, April 7, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 19, 2024, 11:27 am
Study: Nova survivors who drank alcohol before Hamas attack more likely to suffer PTSD
Sheba Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University researchers surprised to find alcohol caused more psychological problems than psychedelics on survivors of Hamas’s Oct. 7 rave massacre
By Diana Bletter
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
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
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
Illustrative: Maesa Story, a worker at Montana Advanced Caregivers, packs a joint with marijuana at the Billings, Mont. medical marijuana dispensary on Nov. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)
March 31, 2021, 9:47 pm
New York state legalizes recreational marijuana
Cuomo signs legislation Wednesday; state to automatically clear records of people with past convictions of cannabis-related offenses that would no longer be criminalized
By AFP
Illustrative image of someone smoking. (Tunatura; iStock by Getty Images)
November 12, 2020, 5:45 pm
Israel announces plan to legalize recreational cannabis within 9 months
According to recommendations of interministerial team, marijuana will be sold to users aged 21 and up, but not for consumption in public
By ToI Staff
Illustration of a man smoking a joint. February 11, 2020 (Yossi Zamir/FLASH90)
November 11, 2020, 5:18 pm
Government panel said to back legalizing marijuana sales
Committee will reportedly recommend setting up authorized shops to sell the drug for recreational use to those 21 and older, but ban smoking it in public
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
Sacks of free marijuana samples that were dropped from a drone in Tel Aviv on Thursday, September 3, 2020.
September 3, 2020, 9:25 pm
Drone drops dozens of bags of free marijuana over Tel Aviv
Two arrested; suspects were promoting a marijuana delivery service through Telegram
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. (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
An illustrative photo of a man smoking a joint. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
June 3, 2020, 9:58 pm
Police minister backs eased enforcement against cannabis users
Responding to petition seeking annulment of laws barring recreational use and possession, Amir Ohana says he’ll seek to ‘minimize harm’ to offenders
By ToI Staff
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