Cannabis

Haifa drug lab busted as police crack down on networks flooding the market with illegal substances

During the operation, officers located an apartment suspected of being used for drug cultivation. A search of the premises led to the seizure of cannabis with a total weight of about seven kilograms.

Israel Police at an Ashdod crime scene, June 21, 2026.
Illustration of an ashtray with cigarettes, August 24, 2024.

Collective trauma reminders trigger immediate cannabis, tobacco cravings, Hebrew U. study finds

MARIJUANA SEIZED during a raid on a Rehovot nursery.

Police arrest two in raid on Rehovot cannabis nursery, seize hundreds of plants

Border Police forces located 18 drug greenhouses containing more than 10,000 cannabis plants, May 11, 2026.

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


Prof. Raphael Mechoulam, father of Israeli cannabis research, dies at 92

The Bulgarian-born scientist will be remembered for his many contributions to the field of medicinal cannabis.

PROF. RAPHAEL MECHOULAM

Raphael Mechoulam, Israel’s ‘father of cannabis research,’ dies at 92

Mechoulam is remembered for his contributions to the medical field his foundational role in the International Association for Cannabinoid Medicines and the International Cannabinoid Research Society

 BetterSeeds' cannabis plants.

Canonic uses AI to breed new line of THC-heavy cannabis products

The company’s six new products all contain at least 23% THC, a feat made possible thanks to AI-enabled gene selection.

 A man inspects the leaf of a cannabis plant at a medical marijuana plantation in northern Israel.

On a money roll: How did Israel go from hating cannabis to embracing it?

Israelis regularly inhale the most weed per capita anywhere on Earth. Why is everyone united on marijuana use? Follow the money.

 A man inspects the leaf of a cannabis plant at a medical marijuana plantation in northern Israel.

US instructs surgeons to ask patients about cannabis use in new guidelines

regular cannabis use may worsen pain and nausea after surgery and increase the need for opioids, which often become addictive and can kill.

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

Israel's cannabis industry is dismantling itself from within

Until recently, Israel's medical cannabis sector seemed so promising. But one mistake has has eroded this bright future and now the companies are panicking.

Seach medical cannabis farm

US children's marijuana edible consumption jumps by 1,375% in five years

97% of the 3,000+ children who accidentally ate marijuana edibles in the US found the edibles in their own homes.

 Edibles are displayed at Shango Cannabis shop on first day of legal recreational marijuana sales beginning at midnight in Portland, Oregon October 1, 2015.

Police bust network of doctors illegally selling medical cannabis licenses

Drug dealers exploited the criminal network in order to buy cannabis and sell it for a profit.

 MANY USE marijuana and other drugs to self-medicate (Illustrative).

Medical marijuana found effective in reducing chronic lower-back pain – Israeli study

Four out of five people have lower back pain at some point in their lives, making it one of the most common reasons people visit their doctors.

Seach medical cannabis farm

Is this the end of mass-text cannabis hawking?

Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel established a new regulation that aims to significantly reduce the proliferation of cannabis-touting spam texts.

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