Israel: 1925 article, 15 g presumption and 1 history entry

The Mandatory government promulgated the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance ofon 15 July 1925, modelleddrawing on Britain's 1920 and 1925the British Dangerous Drugs Acts and the 1925 Geneva convention.[@1] It outlawed the manufacture, import, export and possession of certain dangerous drugs, among them Indian hemp, and was amended in 1928, 1932 and 1936.[@1,2,3] Section 12 repealed the 1919 notice, which had also banned cultivation; the ordinance itself did not re-enact a growing offence.[@1,2] Hashish kept flowing through Palestine from Syria and Lebanon to Egypt.[@1] It formalised a ban on hashish that the military government had announced in 1919.[@1]

Haggai Ram — Intoxicating Zion: A Social History of Hashish in Mandatory Palestine and Israel Palestine — Dangerous Drugs Ordinance No. 21 of 1925 (full text) League of Nations — 1925 Convention, Treaty Series vol. 81 Intoxicating Zion: A Social History of Hashish in Mandatory Palestine and Israel

Personal possessionPossession and use up to 15 gfor personal consumption are administrative offences carrying a fixed fine, not a criminal record, but police issued no such fines between 2022 and 2025. Above 15 g, and for the law presumes dealing unless the accused rebuts it; all growing and supply, are criminal law applies. Medical cannabis is legal and large: 145,758 active licences and prescriptions in June 2026.

Possession of up to 15 gand use for personal use is anconsumption are administrative offenceoffences under the 2022 regulations, with a fine of 500 shekels for possession or private use and 1,000 shekels for public use, and no criminal record.[@admin_fines] The 15 g line comes from the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance'’s Second Schedule: above it, possession is presumed not to be for personal consumption unl … en used: police issued no administrative cannabis fines between 2022 and 2025.[@meida2026]

upto 15 g · treatment civil · term Administrative offence · fine 500 · note Public use 1,000 shekels; no criminal record; presumed personal use, over 15 g · treatment criminal · term Section 7(c) · prison 20 years · note Presumed not for Above 15 g, non-personal use is presumed; own use up to 3 years, label Possession in a school by a non-student aged 16 or over · treatment criminal · term Section 7(d) · prison 5 years

There is no legal recreational supply. Up to 15 gPossession and use for personal use is anconsumption are administrative offenceoffences with a fixed fine and no record, and public use is fined the same way.[@admin_fines] Above 15 g, and for soldiers, prisoners and all supply, criminal law applies.[@ddo] The fine scheme exists but has not been used since 2022.[@meida2026] No adult-use bill was advancing in 2026.

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. Possession of up to 15 gand use for personal use is anconsumption are administrative offence, notoffences with a crime: a fixed fine and no criminal record.[@admin_fines] Above 15 g criminal law applies, and the law makes no exception for visitors.[@ddo]

Wiktionary — קנבוס (Hebrew) Wiktionary — חשיש (Hebrew) Wiktionary — حشيش (Arabic) 14 unchanged

word קנאביס · lang Hebrew · say kanabis · meaning cannabis; the standard word, also used in the 2022 regulations · sources admin_fines, word קנבוס · lang Hebrew · say kanbos · meaning hemp; the plant, from Mishnaic Hebrew and Greek kannabis · sources wikt_kanbos, word גראס · lang Hebrew · say gras · meaning 'grass'; English loanword slang · sources wikt_kanbos, word חשיש · lang Hebrew · say khashish · meaning hashish; the traditional word for resin · sources wikt_khashish, word حشيش · lang Arabic · say ḥashīsh · meaning hashish; cannabis resin · atlas hashish · sources wikt_ar_hashish