Where to Buy Medical Cannabis in Israel: The 423 Licensed Pharmacies (2026)

A medical cannabis licence or prescription in Israel is only half of the process. The product itself can be bought in exactly one kind of place: a pharmacy the Health Ministry has specifically licensed to sell cannabis. There are no dispensaries, clubs or shops. This guide covers how many of those pharmacies exist, where they are, what you need to bring, and why the same product can cost noticeably more at one counter than at another.

This guide is general information, not medical or legal advice. Confirm current details with your prescribing physician, your HMO and the dispensing pharmacy.

How many pharmacies can sell medical cannabis?

The Health Ministry publishes the official list of pharmacies licensed to sell medical cannabis, both as a searchable page on gov.il (Hebrew) and as an open dataset on the government data portal (data.gov.il, "Pharmacies licensed to sell medical cannabis"). The version dated 27 August 2026 holds 423 entries.

That is roughly four times what patients had a few years ago. In March 2021, a Hebrew-language guide compiled from the same Ministry list counted about 110 approved pharmacies nationwide (mako, Hebrew). Pharmacies became the retail channel under the 2019 reform, which replaced the old flat monthly fee with per-product pricing implemented through pharmacies (Journal of Cannabis Research, 2025). The network has kept widening since, alongside the 2024 move of many indications to HMO prescriptions; the sequence is set out in our medical cannabis reform timeline.

Where they are

Our count of the August 2026 dataset (all figures below are Cannabisrael's own tally of the Ministry file):

• Super-Pharm is by far the biggest single network, with 148 of the 423 entries (35%). No other chain comes close. Most of the rest are independent pharmacies or small local groups, such as Medi Plus in Jerusalem and Leon Pharm in the centre.
• No entry in the file is named after an HMO. Unlike ordinary prescription drugs, which many patients collect from their health fund's own pharmacy, medical cannabis runs mainly through private retail pharmacies.
• The pharmacies are spread over about 140 localities, but they cluster in the big cities: Jerusalem (33), Tel Aviv (29), Haifa (24), Netanya (16), Rishon LeZion (14), Be'er Sheva (13), Petah Tikva and Ashdod (10 each), and Eilat and Herzliya (9 each).
• The periphery is thinner. South of Be'er Sheva the list becomes sparse: three in Dimona, two each in Arad, Netivot, Ofakim and Rahat, one each in Sderot and Yeruham, and none in Mitzpe Ramon.

Home delivery is possible, but it is not the default. The Ministry file marks only seven entries as delivering to patients' homes, including a few pharmacies that describe free nationwide delivery. The delivery field is blank for most rows, though, so seven is a floor, not a full count. Pharmacy guidance allows online ordering and delivery under the Ministry's pharmacy procedure, and a courier or another person may collect for you if they carry your written authorisation (Cannabiz pharmacist guide, Hebrew).

The list changes. Pharmacies join and leave, so check the current Ministry page before you travel to one, and phone ahead to confirm the product you need is in stock.

What to bring

A licensed pharmacist has to check three things before dispensing. You need:

1. Valid official photo ID. This means an Israeli ID card, passport or driving licence.
2. Your authorisation. This is either a Health Ministry cannabis licence or, for the indications moved to the health funds in 2024, an HMO prescription. Since 1 April 2024, certain conditions need only a prescription and no licence, including side effects of active cancer treatment (Israel Cancer Association, Hebrew).
3. A valid, in-date prescription for the product category. The authorisation sets your monthly quantity, the THC/CBD category and the form (flower or extract).

The pharmacist can dispense only within those limits. The monthly maximum is fixed, and more product or a stronger category needs new approval from the Medical Cannabis Unit (Yakar) (Cannabiz pharmacist guide). A licence obtained abroad is not recognised at an Israeli pharmacy, as explained in cannabis in Israel for tourists. If you do not yet have an authorisation, start with how to get a medical cannabis licence in Israel.

What the pharmacist can and cannot change

Two rules often surprise first-time patients.

Flower covers oil, but oil does not cover flower. A prescription for dried flower also lets you buy an extract. An extract prescription does not let you buy flower (Israel Cancer Association).

Pharmacists have limited room to substitute. Under a Yakar circular in force since 1 April 2025, a pharmacist may, with your consent, switch you to a different product. The switch may go down by up to two dosage steps within the same group (high-THC, balanced or high-CBD), from flower to oil (never oil to flower), or between sativa and indica. The substitution must be recorded on the prescription. The circular states that a stock shortage or a commercial reason does not justify a switch, and HMO prescriptions follow the fund's own policy (Cannabiz, summarising the Yakar circular). In short, if your usual product is out of stock, you may be offered something milder, but never something stronger.

Why prices differ between pharmacies

Since 2019, pharmacies have set their own retail prices. Medical cannabis is not in the national health basket or the supplementary insurance plans, and the Israel Cancer Association puts a typical 10-gram pack at roughly ₪150–350 depending on the manufacturer (Israel Cancer Association).

The gap for the same product can be large. In September 2026, Israel's Hebrew-language Cannabis Magazine priced one identical basket of four common flower products at 68 pharmacies in 48 localities. It found totals ranging from ₪806 to ₪958. For a patient who buys that basket every month, the difference is ₪1,824 a year. Across seven other basket combinations it tested, the spread between the cheapest and dearest pharmacy was 14% to 28%, and single products varied by up to about a third (Cannabis Magazine, 14 September 2026, Hebrew).

Some health funds have also arranged discounts with particular suppliers. The Israel Cancer Association notes a Maccabi arrangement giving members 20% off certain suppliers' products (as of March 2023). Arrangements like this change, so ask your fund. For the full cost picture, including the annual licence and prescription fees and who qualifies for funded treatment, see how much medical cannabis costs in Israel.

Practical tips

• Use the Ministry list, not a search engine. Only pharmacies on the Ministry register may sell cannabis. Anyone offering medical cannabis outside that list is not part of the legal system.
• Compare prices on your actual products. A pharmacy that is cheap for one brand can be expensive for another.
• Look at the pack before you pay. Every legal product must carry its batch-specific THC/CBD content and a QR code linking to the batch certificate. How to read them is explained in Israel's IMC-GMP quality standards.
• Plan for renewals. A lapsed authorisation means the pharmacy cannot dispense at all. See renewing a medical cannabis licence.
• Know who made it. The companies behind the products on those shelves are listed in our directory of Israeli cannabis companies.

For the full patient pathway, from eligibility to renewal, return to our Patients hub.