{"id":31716,"date":"2021-05-07T14:54:55","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T14:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/?post_type=noticia&p=31716"},"modified":"2021-05-18T15:04:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T15:04:00","slug":"cannabis-in-brazil-and-around-the-world-the-countrys-stance-and-the-harm-caused-by-the-war-on-drugs","status":"publish","type":"noticia","link":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/en\/noticias\/cannabis-in-brazil-and-around-the-world-the-countrys-stance-and-the-harm-caused-by-the-war-on-drugs\/","title":"Cannabis in Brazil and around the world: the country\u2019s stance and the harm caused by the war on drugs","content":"

In March, senators and deputies in New York passed a bill of law regulating the recreational use of cannabis, making it the 17th state in the United States to fully legalise cannabis. Now, only 12 states still have some level of legal restriction, although medicinal use is allowed. On sanctioning the proposal, the governor Andrew Cuomo,\u00a0<\/span>called it a historic day<\/span><\/a>, as it \u201crights the wrongs of the past, by putting an end to harsh prison sentences, embraces an industry that will grow the Empire State\u00b4s economy and prioritises marginalised communities so those that have suffered most will be the first to reap the benefits\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Mexico, the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate also approved a bill of law that could mean the country will become the third in the world to authorise domestic trade of the plant, after Uruguay and Canada.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Because of some changes in deputies, the bill has to be seen by senators again before presidential sanction. The consumption of cannabis was decriminalised in Mexico by a Supreme Court decision, decades ago. What is being considered now is the legalisation of trade and production.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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