Tag: brazil
Brazil Extends Rio Drug Interdiction Op, Despite No “Success”
One of the last significant acts by Flavio Dino as Brazil’s minister of justice, ...
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 Begins Ominous Inquiry Into Disproven “Crack Epidemic”
In 2016, the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo held a parliamentary inquiry to investigate ...
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 ...
Brazil Promises “Evidence-Based” Drug Policy, a Term That’s Lost All Meaning
In March, at Session 66 of the United Nations’ Commission on Narcotic Drugs, the ...
Public Outcry Forces Brazil to Pause Drastic Medical Cannabis Restrictions
In a month of political whiplash for Brazil’s battle over medical marijuana access, public ...
Lula Inherits Legacy of Bolsonaro’s Drug Policy Harms—and His Own
On November 1, President Jair Bolsonaro gave a brief speech in which he did ...
Brazil Harm Reduction Faces an Uphill Battle, Even If Bolsonaro Is Ousted
Many people, myself included, were sure that President Jair Bolsonaro’s misrule would end in ...
Brazil Gains Ground on Medical Marijuana, in Defiance of Bolsonaro
In June, after a series of delays, a special commission of Brazil’s lower house ...
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