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Sa’ar moves ahead to try to decriminalize recreational cannabis in Israel

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Israel’s Minister of Justice Gideon Sa’ar proposed new temporary regulations to decriminalize recreational cannabis on Wednesday. If the new regulation is approved, recreational cannabis use would not be considered a criminal offense but instead be...

Grass Can Kill

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Two years ago in Israel, the Knesset passed a law legalizing the use of cannabis for medical purposes. Now, a new bill has been submitted that would legalize marijuana use for everyone. Before, commenting...
Illustrative image of a person smoking marijuana. Feb. 11, 2020. Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash90.

Likud, Blue and White to work towards decriminalizing cannabis

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party and Vice Premier Benny Gantz’s Blue and White Party issued a joint statement on Tuesday saying they would work to “resolve the issue of decriminalization and legalization”...
Tel Arad in the eastern Negev Desert, where there's a fortress constructed by the kingdom of Judah around the eighth century BCE. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Holy smokes! Ancient Israelites burned cannabis, according to researchers

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As part of getting spiritually high, ancient Israelites apparently burned cannabis on altars during rituals, the first proof of a mind-altering substance being used to attract worshippers, according to a study published on May 28 in...
Yaffa Issachar, mother of Naama Issachar, an Israeli-American woman jailed in Russia on marijuana charges, speaks to the media at Israel's Ben-Gurion International Airport on Jan. 19, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

Mother of Israeli woman jailed in Russia hopes Putin will soon grant a pardon

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The mother of an Israeli-American woman currently serving a seven-and-a-half-year prison sentence in Russia on drug charges expressed hope on Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin will grant her daughter a pardon. “I came because...
Naama Issachar, 26, was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in a Russian prison after 9.5 grams of cannabis were found in her luggage during a stopover in Moscow, Oct. 11, 2019. Source: Screenshot.

Russia: No deal for release of jailed Israeli-American woman being considered

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Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Yevgeny Ivanov said on Tuesday that a prisoner-exchange deal for an Israeli-American woman being held in Russia on drug charges is not being considered. “As far as I know, an exchange...
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Got the munchies? Israeli company raises $1 million to infuse cannabis in pizza

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Cannibble FoodTech Ltd., has raised more than $1 million to infuse pizza with cannabis, announced the Israeli food company on Monday. Cannibble, through 1,100 backers, was the first to raise more that amount by utilizing...