Cannabis

Border Police seize over 10,000 cannabis plants located in 18 greenhouses in southern Israel

The event took place as part of a wider operation to locate and destroy illegal drug greenhouses across southern Israel.

Border Police forces located 18 drug greenhouses containing more than 10,000 cannabis plants, May 11, 2026.
The Israeli Embassy in London places its flag at half-mast to commemorate the victims of the Meron stampede that took place on Lag Ba'omer 2021.

UK man charged for threatening messages to Israeli embassy, Muslim orgs, MP office

Cannabis

Health Ministry changes medical cannabis guidelines, passes responsibility to insurance funds

The Indonesia national flag flutters in the wind above an entrance to the Kerobokan Prison on November 6, 2025.

Sick American basketball player jailed in Indonesia over cannabis gummies pleads for early release


Israel to look into legalizing CBD

Health Ministry committee to examine the possibility of removing cannabidiol from the list of dangerous drugs.

Chemdawg marijuana plants grow at a facility

Cannabis committee created as Knesset committee war continues

Special Knesset Cannabis Committee headed by New Hope MK Sharren Haskel has been formed.

MK Sharren Haskel before the cannabis legalization vote

Israeli cannabis startup StickIt to produce 'cannabis sticks'

Hempacco and StickIt intend to produce about 10 million “cannabis sticks” every month for export to the USA and Mexico.

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Medical cannabis bill passes first reading with Ra'am's support

A bill from New Hope faction head Sharren Haskel legalizing cannabis passed its first reading in the Knesset.

PM Naftali Bennett shakes MK Sharren Haskel's hand in the Knesset Plenum. October 13, 2021.

Can Israeli entrepreneurs offer pot smokers a better joint?

The new product is called MUJU, an acronym for Multi-Use Joint Unlimited, and retains the best aspects of a marijuana cigarette.

Hundreds of Israelis gather in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on April 20, 2021to protest in favor of cannabis legalization and for reforms in the medical cannabis market.

Litzman's medical cannabis reform failed to reach 86% of export goals - analysis

Two years ago, Israel expected to become a bustling international medical cannabis export powerhouse. Today, it is a major importer, with one company controlling the country's entire export market.

Hundreds of Israelis gather in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on April 20, 2021to protest in favor of cannabis legalization and for reforms in the medical cannabis market.

Cannabis decriminalization bill fails to get Knesset majority

Prior to the defeat, the coalition managed to get one crucial win, when the Knesset voted 64 to 50 against a bill calling for the government to express its sovereignty over all of Judea and Samaria.

MK Sharren Haskel before the cannabis legalization vote

IDF cracking down on troops who smoke cannabis

"The use of drugs violates the norms and values of the IDF and its mission of protecting the State of Israel," said the IDF Spokesperson's Unit.

A man prepares a cigarette mixed with marijuana during Cannatech 2017, an annual global cannabis industry event, in Tel Aviv, Israel March 20, 2017.

Medical cannabis social networking app launches in Israel

The app is part of Belong.Life's network of medical apps aimed at improving quality of life.

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Sacha Baron Cohen sues Massachusetts company over Cannabis commercial

Sacha Baron Cohen is suing the company for placing his image on a billboard to promote a produce he doesn't use and deems "controversial."

Actor Sacha Baron Cohen, who played the character Borat, arrives for the U.S. premiere of "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit the Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood October 23, 2006.