Felipe Neis Araujo 
Brazil Formally Bans Cannabis Flower Import, Weeks After Denying Rumors
Effective July 20, Brazil’s National Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA) will no longer authorize medical ...
Anti-Vape Propaganda Finds a Home in Brazil’s Medical Cannabis Industry
On June 27, Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies rolled out the Portuguese translation of Transform ...
Brazil Supreme Court Delays Drug Decrim Trial, as Pressure Mounts
After an eight-year delay and a series of postponements in 2023, Brazil’s Supreme Court ...
São Paulo Funds “Cocaine Vaccine,” Setting Sights on Human Trials
In early June, São Paulo Mayor Ricardo Nunes signed an agreement with the researchers ...
São Paulo Begins Ominous Inquiry Into Disproven “Crack Epidemic”
In 2016, the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo held a parliamentary inquiry to investigate ...
Brazil’s Supreme Court Shamefully Ducks Key Drug-Decrim Ruling
On May 24, after eight full years of negligence, the Brazilian Supreme Court was ...
Social Centers for People Who Use Drugs a Tantalizing Prospect in Brazil
On May 16, the Brazilian National Council of Human Rights (CNDH) issued an important ...
We Must Avoid Corporate Capture of Brazil’s Medical Cannabis Market
Back in March, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva recreated the National Council ...
From São Paulo, a Wave of Medical Cannabis Reform Across Brazil
On 4/20, São Paulo State Deputy Caio França (Socialist Party) filed a bill that ...
Lula Reinstates “Civil Society” to Brazil’s Drug Policy Council
In 2019, then-President Jair Bolsonaro signed a decree that barred civil society representatives from ...
