Brazil

In a ruling last month, Brazil’s Supreme Court federally legalized the cultivation, manufacturing, and distribution of hemp-derived medicinal products.

Brazil’s Supreme Court voted on Tuesday to decriminalize cannabis possession for personal use purposes. The court, however, still needs to set possession limits for what would be considered “personal use” and establish when the reforms will take effect.

A five-judge panel in Brazil unanimously ruled in favor of three patients’ rights to grow their own cannabis for medical purposes.

Brazil health regulators have approved a set of rules to allow for medical cannabis use; the rules, however, would not allow for domestic cultivation and the program would rely solely on imported cannabis products.