Bill to decriminalize cannabis use set to become law

The bill mandates that such a person would pay NIS 1,000 for the first offense, NIS 2,000 for the second if done within five years of the first, and a “conditional arrangement” for the third offense.

A worker touches a cannabis plant at a growing facility for the Tikun Olam company near the northern city of Safed

A worker touches a cannabis plant at a growing facility for the Tikun Olam company near the northern city of Safed

(photo credit: REUTERS/NIR ELIAS)

ByOREN OPPENHEIM, GIL HOFFMAN

JULY 9, 2018 17:38

Updated: JULY 9, 2018 23:22