Marijuana

Police seize over 60 kg. of drugs in raids across central Israel

Police also seized millions of shekels' worth of drugs in two separate raids on drug trafficking centers in Jerusalem and the West Bank.

Drugs and drug paraphernalia seized from a central Israel apartment on September 22, 2026.
Ambulances are seen at the entrance to the emergency room at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, August 23, 2026.

Two children hospitalized in Jerusalem after severe poisoning from THC-infused cannabis candies

Cash, passports, suspected drugs, and electronic devices seized by the Hellenic Coast Guard during a raid on a catamaran near the Greek island of Lefkada.

Four Israelis arrested after illegal drugs found on party boat near Greek island

(Illustrative) Workers working at a cannabis farm in central Israel, on May 5, 2026.

Over 200 kilograms of drugs seized during police raid on Hod Hasharon plant nursery


Will Israeli elections bury cannabis legalization? - analysis

Once the Knesset officially dissolves, cannabis legislation has two potential fates. The author explains what they are.

Cannabis plants grown in the Hortica lab

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.

A marijuana leaf

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