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Brazil’s Medical Cannabis Market Increased By 22% In 2024

Written by Johnny Green on November 30, 2024. Posted in Business.

According to a new market report by Kaya Mind, Brazil’s emerging medical cannabis market is projected to increase by a projected 22% by the end of 2024. The market report estimates that Brazil’s...

Brazil Approves Medical Cannabis For Animals

Written by Frank Schuler on November 6, 2024. Posted in Policy, Science.

Brazil’s National Health Surveillance Agency recently decided to amend Ordinance SVS/MS 344/1998 to allow the regulation of medical cannabis products for animals by the Ministry of Agriculture...

CBD Dosing Mitigates Spondyloarthritis Pain In Brazilian Case Report

Written by Frank Schuler on October 13, 2024. Posted in Science.

Spondyloarthritis, sometimes referred to as spondyloarthropathy, is an inflammatory arthritis condition that affects the patient’s spine. The main symptom of spondyloarthritis in most suffering...

CBD Mitigates Symptoms In Adolescents With Autism In Brazilian Study

Written by Frank Schuler on July 21, 2024. Posted in Science.

The cannabis plant contains dozens of cannabinoids, with tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) being arguably the most well-known cannabinoid. Another cannabinoid, cannabidiol (CBD), has grown in popularity in...

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Brazil’s Supreme Court Decriminalizes Personal Cannabis Possession

Written by Hazel Norman on June 26, 2024. Posted in Policy.

Brazil’s top court issued a landmark ruling this week, determining that the nation’s cannabis prohibition policies toward individual consumers possessing a personal amount of cannabis are...

Cannabis Is Associated With Weight Loss, Lower BMI Per Meta-Analysis

Written by Frank Schuler on November 19, 2023. Posted in Science.

For many years cannabis opponents have tried very hard to portray cannabis as being unhealthy, and that those who consume cannabis are lazy couch potatoes. Cannabis stigma comes in many forms, with...

CBD May Provide Potential Improvements To Cognitive Performance

Written by Frank Schuler on November 5, 2023. Posted in Science.

Cannabis opponents have spent a great deal of time and effort over many years trying to convince society that cannabis is bad for the human brain. While human biology is complex, particularly the human...

Court In Brazil Determines Cannabis Smell Does Not Justify Home Search

Written by Hazel Norman on October 9, 2023. Posted in Policy.

Cannabis prohibition enforcement involves various tactics, including the reliance on ‘smelling’ cannabis to ‘justify’ searching people, their personal property, their vehicle,...

Cannabis Extracts Associated With Quality Of Life Improvements In Autism Patients

Written by Frank Schuler on September 11, 2023. Posted in Science.

Emerging cannabis science shows a lot of promise for a number of health conditions that people suffer from, but one that seems to be particularly promising is in the area of cannabis and autism. It’s...