The network behind the search term
Every Telegram group that markets itself under this name today is an unrelated, unverified operation — the entity that made the term popular closed in 2023, four years after the 42 arrests of March 2019. No successor group carries any of the original network's accountability, such as it was.
Accountability does exist on the medical side: a physician files under procedure 106, a licence from the Medical Cannabis Unit sets a monthly dose and T/C category, and dispensing happens only at one of 420 authorised addresses across 120 localities.
Licensed dispensing by region
420 pharmacies nationwide are authorised to dispense medical cannabis, and the split below is by region, not by city.
Registered strains
Astro K CT22/C4Indica
S1T22/C4Indica
R O RT22/C4Indica
A FrittT22/C4Hybrid
B OT22/C4Sativa
B C RT22/C4IndicaEvery term in this cluster
FAQ
What does "Buy Weed On Telegram" mean?
A search phrase left over from the Telegrass network, raided in March 2019 and closed by its operators in 2023. It now loosely means finding cannabis in Israel through Telegram. The only lawful route is a medical cannabis licence.
Is cannabis legal in Israel?
Medical cannabis is legal with a licence. Since April 2022, possession for personal use by an adult civilian is treated as an administrative offence carrying a fine, with exclusions for minors, soldiers and prisoners. Trade, supply and brokering remain serious criminal offences.
Can tourists buy cannabis in Israel?
No: the licence process runs through an Israeli physician for an Israeli patient. Nothing in the system offers a lawful path for a tourist.
Sources
- Pharmacies authorised to dispense medical cannabis, data.gov.il
- Administrative Offences Regulations (fine for personal cannabis possession/use), 2022
- Calcalist: how Telegrass’s financial mastermind was extradited
- Procedure 106: cannabis-use licences, Israeli Ministry of Health (PDF)
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