Tag: Drugs
Hamas tranquilized hostages before release to ‘look happy’
Hamas drugged the hostages who were released during the ceasefire so that they would "look happy" during the transfer to the Red Cross in Gaza, according to Israel's Health Ministry.
The captives were tranquilized as part of...
IDF seizes 1 million shekels worth of drugs at Egyptian border
The Israel Defense Forces announced on Wednesday that it had thwarted an attempt to smuggle narcotics worth 1 million shekels, an estimated $300,000, into the country from Egypt.
IDF forces seized 105 kilograms of drugs...
Israeli troops seize $1.2 million drug shipment on Egyptian border
Israeli security forces on Sunday foiled an attempt to smuggle narcotics into Israel from Egypt, seizing 200 kilograms of drugs worth an estimated 4 million shekels ($1.2 million), the Israel Defense Forces said in...
This Jewish Scientist Discovered The Magic of THC
In the early 1960s, a Bulgarian-born scientist named Raphael Mechoulam was caught carrying five kilograms of, as he called it, “superb, smuggled Lebanese hashish” on a bus from Tel Aviv to Rehovot. But he wasn’t...
FDA Grants a Tyr Pharma Fast-Track Status
Shares of drugmaker aTyr Pharma climbed over 30 percent Wednesday following news that the San Diego firm’s drug should progress quickly through the regulatory process.
ATyr’s drug, called Resolaris, was granted “fast-track” status by the...