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Brazil Supreme Court Issues Major Cannabis Decision

Written by Hazel Norman on April 7, 2025. Posted in Policy.

Currently, cannabis is legal for adult use at a national level in Uruguay, Canada, Malta, Luxembourg, Germany, and South Africa. Additionally, two dozen states in the U.S. have adopted recreational...

Cannabis Provides Improvements In Brazilian Parkinson’s Disease Patients

Written by Frank Schuler on February 23, 2025. Posted in Science.

According to international researchers, the prevalence of Parkinson’s disease has doubled in the past 25 years with an estimated 8.5 million individuals living with the serious health condition. “Parkinson’s...

Brazil Announces 12-Year Cannabis Cultivation Research Effort

Written by Frank Schuler on February 12, 2025. Posted in Science.

Brazil is home to an emerging legal cannabis industry, and the nation is also home to a national agricultural research agency named Embrapa. Embrapa recently announced that it will launch a research...

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...