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


Cannabis strain with 20% more THC engineered by Hebrew University researchers

For the first time ever, Rehovot engineers enhanced medical cannabis strains with 20% more THC, an accomplishment that will help develop new strains for users and increase crop yields.

 Cannabis plants.

Medical cannabis shown to reduce pain in cancer patients - study

The peer-reviewed study found that for most cancer patients, pain levels improved significantly and other symptoms also decreased.

An employee checks cannabis plants at a medical marijuana plantation in northern Israel March 21, 2017

Israeli company makes ‘stable and uniform’ cannabis seeds for 1st export

The seeds were shipped this week to the United States, the first time ever that cannabis seeds have been exported from Israel.

Hemp seeds cannabis sativa

There is a kashrut revolution going on for medical cannabis

In Israel, there are more than 100,000 patients with valid medical cannabis licenses, that consume a massive amount of cannabis every year.

Seach medical cannabis farm

'Am Yisrael High': YIVO exhibit shows connection between Jews, weed

The exhibit displays texts and artifacts tracing the connections — some speculative and most very real — between Jews and weed.

 A glass bong in the shape of a menorah is featured in “Am Yisrael High: The Story of Jews and Cannabis,” an new exhibit at YIVO opening May 5, 2022.

Secret Hamas-level 'weed tunnel' found in Israel

The tunnel was of such complexity that police say it rivals the secret Hamas terror tunnels from Gaza into Israel.

Marijuana plants found by police in Ramat Gan

What are the negative effects of smoking cannabis? - study

This study examined how cannabis smoking affects the biological process of aging and the answers aren’t so great. The good news is that the damage is reversible.

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

Super-Pharm to independently import, sell medical cannabis in Israel

This follows several steps taken in Israel to make the use of medical cannabis more efficient for those who need it.

AN EMPLOYEE holds freshly-harvested medical cannabis flowers at Pharmocann, an Israeli medical cannabis company in the North.

Herzog, Sa'ar call on convicted cannabis users to request clemency

The President and Justice Minister are working to decriminalize the personal use of cannabis and make it an administrative offense as part of a broader push to reform Israel's penal system.

New Hope leader Gideon Sa'ar.

Israel will remove CBD from Dangerous Drug Ordinance

CBD, the second-most prevalent active ingredient in marijuana, will now be imported into Israel but will not be used in food, supplements or cosmetics.

AN EMPLOYEE holds freshly-harvested medical cannabis flowers at Pharmocann, an Israeli medical cannabis company in the North.