Israel announces plan to legalize recreational cannabis within 9 months
According to recommendations of interministerial team, marijuana will be sold to users aged 21 and up, but not for consumption in public
The Times of Israel (Israel)
Thursday, November 12, 2020
Thursday, November 12, 2020
Israel is planning to legalize cannabis for recreational use within nine months while balancing “liberalism and responsibility,” Justice Minister Avi Nissenkorn said. Nissenkorn presented the recommendations of an interministerial team that has been reviewing the matter, alongside Likud MK Sharren Haskel and Blue and White MK Ram Shefa, who have been leading their respective parties’ efforts on the issue. The justice minister said an explanatory memorandum of a bill formulated in accordance with the recommendations would be published by the end of November and that the legalization would go into effect nine months after it is approved. (See also: Israel lays out plan to legalize recreational cannabis, looking to Canada as a blueprint)
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