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Marijuana

Israel / US / Business and Economy

In First, Israel Exports Cannabis Seeds to US

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Israel has been exporting medical cannabis for several years.

Police and Crime / Government

Justice Minister Sa’ar Moves Forward Trying to Decriminalize Recreational Cannabis in Israel

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

If the new regulation is approved, recreational cannabis would become an administrative offense for many, akin to a traffic violation.

Police and Crime / Government / The Knesset

Likud, Blue and White to Work Toward Decriminalizing Cannabis

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Legislation to be advanced “as soon as possible” to make it easier for patients to get access to medical marijuana and easier for growers to obtain licenses.

Police and Crime / The Knesset

Knesset Committee Ratifies Cannabis Decriminalization

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The proposal reduces penalties for illegal marijuana use from possible imprisonment to only civil fines.

Headline / IDF & Security / Politics / Bedouin / Business and Economy

Watch: Bedouin Thriving Marijuana Enterprise on IDF Base Training Grounds

By JNi.Media

The desert soil in the midst of tank shelling, range firing and navigational tracking, is also home to thousands of marijuana plants belonging to Bedouin criminals in a large number of greenhouses.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

Teva Marketing Marijuana Inhaler in Israel

By JNi.Media

It comes down to control: the most outstanding feature of the new inhaler is that it delivers precise doses, allowing physicians to monitor and curtail their patients' cannabis consumption.

Police and Crime / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Hebron Police Destroys 3 Tons of Marijuana

By JNi.Media

The marijuana valued at $50 million, and seized in an operation over the past few months.

News Briefs / The Knesset / Health and Medicine

Medical Marijuana to be Available at Pharmacies

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Acting Health Minister Yaakov Litzman says it will be supervised like any other drug that is considered a narcotic.

Israel / News Briefs / Judaism

MK and Police Discussing Making Marijuana Legal

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Does the popularity of smoking grass mean that is good for the soul?

Israel / News Briefs

Police Arrest 'Nice Guy Pizza' Owner

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Two cops who ordered a pizza vomited instead of getting high.

Israel / Police and Crime / News Briefs

Israeli Police Chief Calls for Reevaluation Israel's Marijuana Policy

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

"The public has advanced to the point that they understand that cannabis users are normative citizens who are not harming anybody and that there's no reason to persecute them and incriminate them."

Israel / News Briefs / Science and Tech

Israeli Marijuana Companies Smoking Up Wall Street

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Cannabis is being touted as a cure for diseases from diabetes to Parkinson’s and epilepsy.

Israel / News Briefs

Police Find 3.5 Tons of Marijuana North of Tel Aviv

By Jewish Press News Desk

Police arrested three men from central Israel on Friday after confiscating 3.5 tons of marijuana in a raid on a farm that was hidden by walls. Police said the farm was located in the Sharon region, which covers the area north of Tel Aviv and includes Netanyahu and neighboring communities, but the exact location was […]

Photo of the Day

Field of Dreams

By Photo of the Day

A farmer in the (legal) Tikkun Olan Cannabis farm near Tzfat. This is one of their greenhouses. The company is licensed by Israel's Ministry of Health to grow, process and distribute the medicinal plant.

Police and Crime / Government / News Briefs / Jerusalem

Israel Police Report 9% Rise in Calls for Help

By Jewish Press Staff Writer

Israel Police received more than 9 million ‘100' calls (Israel’s ‘911') in 2013; 18 percent came from Tel Aviv.

Israel / Jewish / News Briefs / Europe

Amsterdam Falafel Joint Takes Israelis for a Non-Kosher Ride

By JTA

By the time they end up at Baba’s Grillroom in central Amsterdam, Israeli tourists tend to be somewhat distracted. Situated near the famous Rembrandt Square, this popular and veteran falafel eatery is literally surrounded by pot-selling coffee shops that help make Amsterdam one of the top holiday destinations for Israelis — and especially for the […]

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Israeli Arabs

Israeli Police Expose Palestinian Authority Drug Lab

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Israeli police exposed a drug lab in the Palestinian Authority city of Tulkarm, located on the western edge of Samaria and less than 15 miles from Netanya. A police spokesperson explained that Tulkarm was chosen as a site for the drug lab because it is not easily accessible to the Israeli Police A large force […]

News Briefs / The Knesset

Pro-Marijuana Views Unite Feiglin and Lefitsts

By JTA

Leftists may not like Moshe Feiglin’s view of the Palestinian Authority, but they love him for his pro-marijuana stance. Meretz MK says, “On this we have a shared goal.” Feiglin reveals, “I don’t smoke.”

US / News Briefs / The Knesset / Business and Economy

Legalizing Marijuana Would End Black Market, Says Israeli Study

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel, like Canada and many states in the US, has one big reason to legalize marijuana: Money. Canada launches legal medical marijuana. Colorado and Washington have legalized it. Is Israel next?

Israel / News Briefs / Religion

Israel Rabbi Says Marijuana ‘Kosher’ if Medicinal

By JTA

Marijuana is not milk or dairy; it is not an animal whose kashrus is questionable. Rabbis have ruled it’s not kosher to take drugs to escape the world, but one rules “grass” for medical purposes is kosher.

Israel / Global / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Tel Aviv U Researcher Says Marijuana Can Halt Brain Damage

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Marijuana is known to have therapeutic qualities. A Tel Aviv Univ. professor now says a very low dosage of grass also can prevent brain damage. A new study may reach the same conclusion for the heart.

Serials

Getzlight – Chapter II

By Ruchama Feuerman

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