Latin America

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.

Argentina has established a new federal agency to regulate the nation’s hemp and medical cannabis industries.

In less than a decade, the cannabis industry has gone from seeing a worldwide blanket prohibition of the plant to today, where new and exciting cannabis opportunities can be found across the globe.

Uruguay will increase the THC content of cannabis products sold through pharmacies and officials will look at allowing tourists to purchase cannabis products.

Panama lawmakers voted unanimously to legalize medical cannabis but home cultivation and cannabis advertising remain illegal.

Ryan Douglas is a Colombia-based cannabis consultant, a former master grower for Tweed, and author of From Seed to Success: How to Launch a Great Cannabis Cultivation Business in Record Time.

With the opening of a new congressional year, Colombia’s opposition party has introduced legislation to decriminalize cocaine and regulate the drug’s production.

Argentina officials are moving forward with a planned overhaul of the country’s medical cannabis system; the new rules would provide free options for medical cannabis patients and allow anyone who registers with the government to grow for personal use.

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.