Marijuana

WATCH: Israel Police raid cannabis dens in Tel Aviv apartment, find drug bags in Haifa vehicle

Israel Police raided an apartment in Tel Aviv’s Kfar Shalem, seizing 42.5 kilograms of suspected cannabis, while separate operations in Haifa led to additional arrests and drug seizures.

Israel Police seize 42.5kg. of cannabis in a Tel Aviv apartment, January 7, 2026.
US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, December 11, 2025.

Trump weighs order to loosen federal marijuana restrictions

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Trump admin. likely to ease restrictions on marijuana in US - report

 First ever kosher-for-Passover THC gummies launched.

Passover just got a lot more relaxing: First ever kosher-for-Passover THC gummies launched


Cannabis industry prepares for Israeli legalization

Recreational market expected to rake in billions of dollars; CBD-infused cosmetics and food also set to hit supermarket shelves

Workers at Intelicanna's facility sort through products.

Israeli medical cannabis approved for export to Germany, France

Only last month, Panaxia became the first Israeli medical cannabis company receive a commercial export license.

Panaxia and Neuraxpharm's Naxiva-Panaxol brand medical cannabis oil

Israel's first academic medical cannabis training center opens in Yeruham

CannAcademy's first 4-day intensive course at Sapir College certified all 56 of the pharmacists who had applied.

CANTEK-brand medical cannabis in at their indoor growing facility in Mavki'im, in southern Israel.

Couple from Beersheba allegedly turn home into arms, drugs warehouse

The couple, both students at Ben-Gurion University in their 20s, reportedly have no prior criminal background.

Overhead view of Beersheba

It's time to reconsider halacha's stance on cannabis – opinion

Legal cannabis has now reached some of the world’s largest Jewish populations

CANTEK-brand medical cannabis in at their indoor growing facility in Mavki'im, in southern Israel.

Marijuana plants seized from Argentine synagogue’s courtyard

The synagogue, built between 1913 and 1915, is designated a heritage site and was in the process of being turned into a museum before the pandemic struck earlier this year.

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Cannabotech seeks $6m. in Israel's first crowdfunded share insurance

This is a first for Israel, as no start-up has yet to implement such a model.

THERE IS one area where I would like to see Israel take a page from the American playbook: legalization of cannabis.

Nissenkorn publishes draft cannabis legalization bill for public comments

Comments and criticisms of the draft can be sent in for the Justice Ministry's consideration until December 11 at midnight.

Employee tends to medical cannabis plants at Pharmocann, an Israeli medical cannabis company in northern Israel

College-age kids are drinking less alcohol – but smoking more marijuana

There are reasons for the stereotype of hard-drinking, substance-using young adults, as photos and videos from bars and college parties will attest.

A woman smokes during an event marking Israel's government's approval of a new policy to decriminalize personal marijuana use in Tel Aviv, Israel February 4, 2017

Mexican lawmakers take up sweeping cannabis legalization bill

Lawmakers are now rushing to try to meet a Dec. 15 deadline set by the Supreme Court for legalization aiming to remove the drug as a source of income for violent drug gangs.

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