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Other law 🇧🇷 Brazil

Brazil's first national drug law leaves cannabis out

Law 4.294 set penalties for selling cocaine, opium, morphine and their derivatives and created an institution for people addicted to alcohol or poisonous substances. It treated addiction as a matter for police and public health, but despite the appeals of doctors such as Rodrigues Dória and Iglésias it did not mention cannabis.[1]

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References

  1. História da maconha no BrasilJean Marcel Carvalho França · Editora Jandaíra · 2022 · chapter 3, “Diambismo: um flagelo social” · ISBN 9786550940133

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