Israeli parliament members admit to pot use

At least 11 more of the 120 members of Israel's legislative body have smoked marijuana at one time or another in their lives, according to a report on the Israeli Channel Ten.

In the wake of recent admissions by Israeli Labor head Shelly Yechimovich that she indulged – and the insistence of the regime's Finance Minister Yair Lapid that he did not – 11 more MKs have admitted smoking.

Among them: Avishai Braverman, Eitan Cabel, Mickey Rosenthal, and Steve Shapir (Labor); Adi Kol, Yifat Kariv, Yoel Rosenberg, and Pnina Tamno-Shata (Yesh Atid); and Ilan Gilon, Tamar Zandberg, and Michal Rosin (Meretz).

Last week, Yechimovich admitted smoking marijuana when she was a teenager.

Meanwhile, the controversy surrounding Lapid's denials continued to swirl. Lapid has denied smoking pot in several interviews, but anecdotal evidence that he did – in the form of claims by friends and acquaintances that they smoked with him – continued to mount.

The latest “testimony” came from Tomer Sharon, an actor who worked with Lapid numerous times in the past.

According to Sharon, he smoked marijuana with Lapid when both were in the army, Channel Ten said, these incidents happened a long time ago — about 20 years back — but not so long ago for Lapid to forget the events… Smoking marijuana by a responsible adult is not the point.

Rather, the only point is speaking the truth and avoiding self-righteousness and hypocrisy.

” Earlier this month, a study by the Jerusalem Institute for Market Studies found that 275,000 Israeli adults used cannabis over the past year, and 75 percent of the people surveyed said they believed marijuana had a legitimate medical use.

However, only 26% favored its legalization, versus 64% who opposed it.