Abrace Esperança in Paraíba became the first patients' association in Brazil allowed to plant, harvest and process cannabis to supply therapeutic oil to its members. Ribeiro writes that it went on to supply some forty thousand patients. In the same year a federal judge in Rio Grande do Norte allowed a woman with Parkinson's disease and her son to grow six plants.[1]
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References
- The Flowers of Good: The Science and the History of Marijuana LiberationSidarta Ribeiro · Soft Skull Press · 2026 · chapter 2, “Brazil Is Still Lagging, but It’s Making Progress” · ISBN 9781593768119
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