Cannabis cultivation in Brazil is now legal for the first time but under significant restrictions.
Health authorities will allow medical cannabis to be grown in South America’s most populous country for pharmaceutical and scientific purposes – but also on a limited basis by “patient associations,” according to Brasil de Fato.
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Until now, cannabis has been available in Brazil only through imports.
The new allowance is “undoubtedly a major advance in Brazil’s national cannabis control policy,” attorney Erik Torquato told Brasil de Fato.
Is medical cannabis cultivation legal in Brazil?
The cultivation provision is part of new rules approved earlier this week by Anvisa, Brazil’s pharmaceutical ministry, to comply with a November 2024 court ruling directing the government to regulate cannabis growing.
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