Israeli cannabis farm outside Tsfat (archive).
Proponents of cannabis legalization in the Knesset, especially those who championed legislation to regulate a legal cannabis market in Israel, were behind the dissolution of Israel’s government on Monday night, and therefore also behind the collapse of the legislative process for legalization in Israel Cannabis Magazine reported Tuesday morning (
The magazine points out that the dissolution of the government before the bill for legalization was approved in at least a first reading prevents the bill from being preserved by the continuity procedure for the next Knesset. This means the legislative process of cannabis legalization is reset to zero, with all the stages of legislation that have already been approved, including the approval of the Ministerial Committee and approval in a preliminary reading being completely abolished.