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The writer Yoram Kaniuk argues for legalising hashish

As hashish use spread among Israeli students and the middle class, the novelist Yoram Kaniuk put forward a case for legalisation, arguing that it had not been proven anywhere that hashish was truly dangerous and that, unlike alcohol, it did not provoke violence.[1]

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References

  1. Intoxicating Zion: A Social History of Hashish in Mandatory Palestine and IsraelHaggai Ram · Stanford University Press · 2020 · Conclusion (section on hashish after 1967) · ISBN 9781503613928

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