Brazil

Brazil’s Supreme Court has moved toward decriminalizing possession of marijuana for personal use. Brazil’s Supreme Court on Tuesday moved toward decriminalizing possession of marijuana for personal use, which would make Brazil one of the last countries in Latin America to do so and could reduce its

CBD Found in a Common Plant in Brazil - Scientists Explore Alternative Sources. Scientists have found cannabidiol, a compound in cannabis known as CBD, in a very common plant in Brazil, which further opens new avenues for producing the popular substance through other sources. Cannabidiol was found

Cannabis Extracts Show Promise in Improving Symptoms and Reducing Medication Use in Autism, Brazilian Study Finds. 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

Aurora Cannabis Expands CBD Portfolio into Brazil in Partnership with Herbarium. Aurora Cannabis Inc, the Canadian company opening the world to cannabis and Canada's largest medical cannabis company, today announced an expansion of its hemp-derived CBD portfolio into Brazil. In partnership with

In a laboratory tucked away on a sprawling university campus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian molecular biologist Rodrigo Moura Neto is running tests on a seemingly ordinary plant with a potent secret. The fast-growing, homely plant, Trema micrantha blume, is native to the Americas, where it is

Pro-cannabis protesters demonstrated in Sao Paulo on Saturday (June 17) to demand the decriminalization of the plant. During the protest, attendees held signs defending the use of marijuana and smoking on the street. Amongst the main demands was the de-stigmatization of medicinal marijuana, said

São Paulo, Brazil – Due to an increase in medical cannabis prescriptions, Brazilian states have passed laws to regulate the distribution of cannabis by the public health system, a step the federal government has failed to take for eight years while national legislation is being debated in Congress

An appeals court in Brazil reported that it will hand down a ruling that could lead to a significant change in the country’s weed laws. According to Reuters, the Superior Court of Justice (STJ), which serves as the top appeals court in Brazil for non-constitutional matters, “has agreed to rule on

On January 31, São Paulo’s Republicanos party Governor Tarcisio de Freitas shocked Brazil by ratifying a law that will authorize medical CBD and low-THC products under the country’s universal health care system (SUS). As baffled conservatives looked on, Freitas spoke publicly about the therapeutic

For a group of women living in a commune in a remote area of California near Yosemite, marijuana is a religion. The self-proclaimed “Sisters of the Valley,” also nicknamed the Weed Nuns, are a group of feminist healers who grow, harvest and produce their own line of cannabis products. They don’t

PATY DO ALFERES - Medical marijuana is gaining steam in Brazil thanks to lower-court rulings giving the go-ahead for large-scale cannabis plantations. One of the largest of these plantations – a 600,000-square-meter (148-acre) area in Paty do Alferes, a municipality located two hours from Rio de

Medical Marijuana, Inc. (OTC: MJNA) (the “Company”), the first-ever publicly traded cannabis company in the United States that launched the world’s first-ever cannabis-derived nutraceutical products, brands, and supply chain, announced today that its subsidiary HempMeds® Brasil has established a new