(ANSA) - RIO DE JANEIRO, 15 JUN - In Brazil, the sixth section of the Superior Court of Justice (Stj, equivalent to the Supreme Court) has decided to allow three patients a safe conduit for the cultivation of cannabis for medical purposes.
Two cases were analyzed.
In one, the patient requested to be allowed to grow 15 cannabis sativa plants (popularly known as marijuana) every 3 months and to produce cannabidiol for his own exclusive use.
This patient explained that he has diabetes, generalized anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, mixed anxiety and depressive disorder, recurrent depressive disorder and social phobias.
The patient already had the authorization of the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) for the import, but he asked to do the home cultivation without incurring a criminal offense and for this he was arrested.
In the other case, two patients presented medical documentation certifying the need for treatment with cannabidiol-based drugs.
According to doctors, these lead to significant improvements in their health condition, while other traditional treatments have not produced results.
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