A Brazilian appeals court has agreed to rule on whether companies and farmers can plant cannabis in the country, which could open the door to legal cultivation for medicinal and industrial purposes after legislative efforts stalled in recent years.
The decision by the Superior Court of Justice , Brazil's top appeals court for non-constitutional matters, was made public on March 14 and established its jurisdiction for a nationwide precedent regarding the import of seeds and planting of cannabis.
The court's final ruling on cannabis, expected within the next year, could make it a trailblazer on a topic spurned by many in Brazil's conservative-leaning Congress, like the Supreme Court's 2011 ruling paving the way for same-sex marriage. DNA has brought a civil lawsuit arguing for the right to import seeds and plant cannabis with higher levels of cannabinoids such as cannabidiol and less tetrahydrocannabinol , a psychoactive component in the plant. Hemp, which has less than 0.3% THC and far more CBD, has been touted by some advocates as beneficial for treating health conditions such as childhood epilepsy.
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