America’s closest Middle Eastern ally took a bold and decisive step during its weekly cabinet meeting this past Sunday: the decriminalization of marijuana. In a bipartisan measure that that it hopes will have a positive impact on both public health and the legal system, Israel voted definitively to take marijuana-related offenses out of its criminal court…for the most part. The new policy calls for a $250 fine for fist-time offenders caught using marijuana in public. Second-time offenders will receive a $500 penalty and a third offense may require offenders to seek rehab. It’s not until the fourth offense that violators may be subject to prosecution and a possible jail term. Money recouped from violations will go toward funding drug rehab and education in the country.
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