Story highlights New policy would cut down on prosecution for recreational marijuana useProposed plan comes off heels of justice ministry recommendationJerusalem (CNN) Cannabis advocates scored a major victory in Israel on Thursday. Speaking at a news conference in Tel Aviv , Erdan said the plan would usher in a "shift to decriminalization with responsibility." Some European countries and US states already have embraced this approach, with a few even going as far as to legalize marijuana for recreational use. The proposal comes on the heels of a Justice Ministry recommendation that marijuana use not be prosecuted criminally, but instead fined or punished by administrative sanctions. Vials of medicinal cannabis drops and other items for sale at a dispensary in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Source: CNN January 27, 2017 13:52 UTC