The recent suspension of the basketball players from Jerusalem has raised the issue of cannabis consumption in the local basketball league for a new heated debate, with fans, former players and media figures criticizing the procedure of cannabis testing for players while others support the continuation of the tests.
“I understand that there are a few western countries that have made a decision that Cannabis consumption is now legal,” s
“Israel is an agricultural superpower – I’m sure they will succeed in the field of Hemp”
a soldier who has been found guilty of smoking cannabis outside the army on a few occasions will be indicted, but if he undertakes to give clean urine samples and successfully ends a certain test period (or his military service) with no further offenses, he will not be prosecuted.”
“We decided that if the state refuses to look at us as a legitimate business and take taxes from us, we would pay the taxes on our own initiative,”
YouTube, and their parent company Google, seem strangely quiet on the subject
12% of Israelis consume cannabis
“We are dealing with one of the most severe violations ever discovered in our region,”
“Even if the police find only a few grams they can imprison you for more than two months without seeing a lawyer.”
The primaries in the Israeli Labor Party—which leads the opposition to Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party—recently forced
the top candidates to make statements in favor of cannabis.