Brazilian Superior Court of Justice authorizes cultivation of industrial hemp for medical purposes and sets regulation deadline for Anvisa

On November 13, 2024, the First Panel of the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice (STJ) unanimously authorized the planting, cultivation, industrialization, and sale of industrial hemp – a variety of Cannabis sativa with a THC content below 0.3% – solely for medical and/or pharmaceutical purposes. The STJ’s primary rationale for this decision was that industrial hemp cannot […]