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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's first round of elections, held…

October 13, 2022

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 of Congress finally voted on Bill…

July 6, 2021

The Jacarezinho Massacre and Lethal Drug Policy Enforcement in Brazil

It’s a Rio de Janeiro classic. Officers of the civil, military or army police make an incursion into a favela.…

May 19, 2021

Marijuana Injustice and Forced Hospitalization in Bolsonaro’s Brazil

Despite global progress, the decriminalization and legalization of marijuana for adult use in Brazil is still far off on the…

April 1, 2021

The Struggle for Medical Marijuana Access in Brazil

Theo, a 14-year-old living in Rio de Janeiro, suffers from a type of epilepsy that causes absence seizures—brief lapses in…

December 14, 2020