IDF cracking down on troops who smoke marijuana

The IDF is cracking down on troopers who employ medications corresponding to cannabis and has launched a campaign to warn them that employ of such medications can possess destructive consequences.

“As section of the battle in opposition to drug employ within the IDF, a reform has been agreed upon to develop measures to fight the phenomenon and ought to aloof impose sanctions in opposition to troops,” the IDF said Monday.

The as much as this level regulations were formulated by a Overall Workers committee that examined drug employ within the navy, it said.

Integrated among the recent regulations are the denial of particular benefits for fight troops and of demobilization grants that every one troopers safe once they whole their compulsory provider.

“The usage of gear within the framework of navy provider violates the norms and values of the IDF and its mission of defending the Assert of Israel,” the IDF said. “The IDF pursues a strict and uncompromising protection in the direction of drug employ because of the central role that IDF troopers and their commanders play in defending the roar and its residents… By advantage of this responsibility whereas in uniform, troops are dedicated to a high level of self-discipline and must effect constant competence in any respect times.”

The navy treats troopers found in possession of gear harshly, even for a one-time offense in utilizing cannabis whereas on high-tail away. Squaddies found to be utilizing or possessing medications are arrested, and criminal indictments are filed in opposition to them.

Squaddies convicted of a drug offense by a navy tribunal are demoted, given a criminal file and disqualified from receiving a civilian driver’s license. They are able to inquire a pardon from the president to expunge their criminal file after three and a half of years.

Unusual Hope MK Sharren Haskel has been pushing for reform of cannabis legislation since final year when the Likud voted in settle on of legalizing the drug.

While the usage of cannabis in public would aloof be barred, her bill would enable adults to consider as much as 50 grams of cannabis and as much as 15 seeds for personal employ. Possession in excess of this quantity would lead to a fine of NIS 2,000. Those who smoke in public would safe a fine of NIS 500.

The IDF changed into reevaluating its insurance policies concerning cannabis employ, particularly by troops on high-tail away, with an glimpse to enjoyable them, Haaretz reported in 2015.

A year later, it began to amend regulations concerning the usage of cannabis by off-accountability troopers. Per those amendments, whereas cannabis changed into aloof prohibited to all provider participants, troopers who were found to possess medications of their system after strolling back from high-tail away were not robotically courtroom-martialed however confronted noncriminal and inner disciplinary actions, that had been made on the discretion of their commanding officers.

“The fair is to enable a second probability,” the IDF changed into quoted as saying on the time.

A 2018 stare conducted by the Israel Anti-Drug Authority found that 54% of troopers admitted to having smoked cannabis over the last year.