Brazil: Market and legal data analysis of the cannabis sector

Brazilian pharmaceutical company acquires Colombian cannabis giant

Written by CannIntelligence | 30th September 2024

Brazilian pharmaceutical company Ease Labs officially announced the acquisition this month of Plena, a cannabis cultivation and extraction company based in Colombia ...

Brazil becomes top market for Colombia’s cannabis exports amid regulatory shiftss

Written by CannIntelligence | 13th September 2024

In 2023, nearly a third – around $3.4m – of Colombia's total cannabis exports went to Brazil, driven by regulatory shifts and Colombia’s determination to dominate the international cannabis market ...

Brazil looks to separate cannabis from crime via Supreme Court or legislature

Written by CannIntelligence | 22nd April 2024

A positive result is expected in a Supreme Court challenge on Brazil’s already decriminalised penalties for cannabis possession, which could clearly delineate the amount permitted for personal use for the first time ...

Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice takes cannabis decision out of politicians’ hands

Written by CannIntelligence | 3rd May 2023

While politicians leave the question unanswered, the growing and importing of low-THC cannabis for medical and industrial uses could become legal in Brazil through a decision by the country's most senior judges ...

South American legislation on cannabis and hemp will progress, if slowly, in 2022

Written by CannIntelligence | 8th February 2022

This is an important year for positive legislation affecting cannabinoids across South America, though some depends on election results and all of it will take a few years to take effect ...

Brazilian report highlights theoretical growth but small current numbers

Written by CannIntelligence | 22nd October 2021

Interest in the Brazilian medical cannabinoid market is based on optimistic projections of growth continuing in the same vein rather than concrete current numbers, a domestic report has confirmed ...

Brazil’s bill to legalise hemp and medical cannabis runs into a further snag

Written by CannIntelligence | 24th August 2021

A bill to legalise the cultivation and processing of hemp and medical cannabis in Brazil has been dealt a blow with a call for it to be debated and voted on by the country’s full...

Investor funding drives company growth and increases cannabis research

Written by Lorraine Mullaney | 11th August 2021

New funding raised from investors will propel cannabis company expansion and research ...

Brazil moves closer to legalising medical cannabis, despite president's veto threat

Written by CannIntelligence | 21st June 2021

A bill that would allow the cultivation and processing of hemp and cannabis in Brazil has passed an important committee vote in the country’s lower legislative chamber – but serious obstacles remain ...

Not now, but soon – new industry bodies prepare for Brazil opening up to hemp

Written by CannIntelligence | 18th March 2021

Brazil still faces a serious attitude problem when it comes to advancing regulations for hemp and CBD, according to the leaders of two recently launched industry associations in the country ...

Delay and dispute over deal to get CBD into Brazil's public health system

Written by CannIntelligence | 30th December 2020

Efforts to supply the first CBD product to Brazil’s public healthcare system will have to wait a while longer – and there is some dispute between the institute preparing to produce it and the sponsors...

Hopes growing in Brazil for further legalisation of medical cannabis

Written by CannIntelligence | 28th September 2020

A proposal to be voted on by Brazilian legislators in the coming weeks could legalise the growing of hemp for industrial purposes and cannabis for medical use ...

Pharmaceutical company gets a head start in Brazil’s medical CBD market

Written by CBD-Intel | 10th June 2020

A CBD oil made by Brazilian drugs company Prati-Donaduzzi could become the biggest-selling cannabinoid product on the Brazilian market ...

Brazil’s rule change is just what the doctor ordered for Canadian company

Written by Lorraine Mullaney | 5th June 2020

Countries in South America are becoming increasingly important markets for CBD, as the ink dries on a deal to distribute medical cannabis products in Brazil, where a change in regulatory policy has opened up trade...

Legal fight goes on after Brazilian court suspends permit to grow hemp

Written by CannIntelligence | 30th April 2020

Further legal action is expected from the only company so far granted official permission to grow hemp in Brazil after a federal court suspended its authorisation ...

New deals show how South America is gradually opening up to CBD business

Written by Freddie Dawson | 29th April 2020

Supply agreements for CBD continue to develop in South America, with new deals for distributing products in Brazil and an agreement in Colombia brought about by Canopy Growth’s change in strategy ...

Company launches CBD-infused hand sanitiser: business news in brief

Written by CannIntelligence | 20th March 2020

A company has launched a hand sanitiser infused with CBD, a US wellness brand is selling what it claims is the world’s first CBD blanket, and Dog-sledding champion Lance Mackey has admitted to giving his...

Actor refutes claims he endorsed CBD products: business news in brief

Written by CannIntelligence | 18th February 2020

Tom Hanks refutes false claims over endorsement of CBD products, research suggests cannabinoids benefit gene receptor diseases and CBD coffee is set to hit the market, plus more ...

Green shoots of hope springing for cannabinoid production in Brazil

Written by CannIntelligence | 10th February 2020

Optimism is growing and companies are only waiting for the green light to start the production of cannabinoid products in Brazil, according to specialists ...

Brazil takes a major step towards liberalisation of the hemp industry

Written by Marija Obradovic | 19th December 2019

Brazil has granted industrial hemp cultivation and processing authorisation to a company in a move that may be viewed as a major step towards liberalisation of the hemp and cannabinoid sector in the country ...

CBD regulatory news in brief,
10th-16th June 2019

Written by CannIntelligence | 17th June 2019

A round-up of the week’s relevant regulatory news in the global CBD market for CBD-Intel ...

A new Brazilian president is unlikely to free CBD from its legal chains

Written by CannIntelligence | 17th October 2018

Prospects for CBD in Brazil depend hugely on the outcome of the forthcoming presidential election, in which the far right-wing candidate Jair Bolsonaro has emerged as a very strong favourite ...

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