Courts and Cannabis Sativa for Medical Purposes in Brazil
Peluso Neder Meyer, Emilio
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Bustamante, Thomas
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Tangerino, Davi
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Verfassungsblog
2022-06-24
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The Brazilian Superior Court of Justice – not the Federal Supreme Court – had recently decided that planting and transporting cannabis sativa aiming at extracting oil for medical ends shall not be treated as a crime. Contrary to the recent allegations of judicial activism made by President Jair Bolsonaro against the Brazilian judiciary, the Superior Court of Justice ruling is a good example of a decision based on the 1988 Constitution, the statutory law referred to in the case and several other authorities contributions, which all helped to construct the court’s arguments, as this post will show.
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