Marijuana

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

Hebrew University researchers said reminders of the October 7 attack may prompt regular users to seek cannabis or nicotine as a rapid psychological defense against existential fear.

Illustration of an ashtray with cigarettes, August 24, 2024.
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

WEAPONS CONFISCATED by the police during the 'On Target' operation.

Over 200 arrested, guns, explosives confiscated, in major Arab crime crackdown by Israel Police


Economy and Industry Ministry approves Israeli cannabis production factory

The Economy and Industry Ministry has approved the establishment of a new factory for the production of cannabis products, the first of its kind.

A CanBreed researcher takes a sample from a cannabis plant.

IDF court to ease rules on cannabis use for officers and NCOs

The decision by Hayut may signal optimism for those still hoping Israel will follow through on its promise to legalize recreational cannabis.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a ceremony for new IDF officers

Israelis smuggle drugs into Dubai for New Year's celebrations - report

What started as an attempt to escape the lockdown in Israel and have some harmless fun may end very seriously for several Israelis.

ISRAELIS AND locals celebrate Hanukkah in Dubai, on December 10.

First commercial medical cannabis export from Israel lands in Germany

Germany is home to the fastest-growing medical cannabis market outside the US.

Assi Rotbart, Chief Business Officer and Director at Panaxia, stands with Yuval Landschaft, the director of the Healthy Ministry's Medical Cannabis Unit alongside Israel's first commercial export of medical cannabis products to Germany.

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.