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Brazil’s Supreme Court on Tuesday voted to decriminalize possession of marijuana for personal use, making the nation one of Latin America’s last to do so, in a move that could reduce its ...
Cannabis was introduced to Brazil by the Portuguese colonists in the early 1800s. Their intent may have been to cultivate hemp fiber, but the slaves the Portuguese trafficked from Africa were familiar with cannabis and used it psychoactively, leading the Municipal Council of Rio de Janeiro in 1830 to prohibit bringing cannabis into the city, and punishing its use by any slave.
Recreational marijuana sale remains illegal in Brazil, unlike trailblazers such as Uruguay and Canada in the Western Hemisphere, which have encouraged domestic cannabis industries.
RE 635.659 was a case of the Supreme Court of Brazil concerning the decriminalization of drugs for personal use. [1] The case's rapporteur, Gilmar Mendes, cast the initial vote in favor of decriminalization, and the majority of the Court agreed to decriminalize cannabis.
Cannabis (or dagga) is illegal. [45] Brazil: Decriminalized up to 40 g (1 + 3 ⁄ 8 oz) or cultivation of 6 plants for personal use [46] Legal for terminally ill patients or those who have exhausted other treatment options. [47] [48
The most obvious of these is the fact that Federal law considers the use, sale, and possession of cannabis illegal. Read More: What Marijuana Reclassification Means for the United States
In 2009, Colombia's Supreme Court ruled that possession of illegal drugs for personal use is not a criminal offense, citing a 1994 decision by the country's Constitutional Court. [6] In 2012 Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos proposed the legalisation of drugs in an effort to counter the failure of the War on Drugs , which was said to have ...
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