This Wednesday (26), Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court decided to decriminalize the possession of marijuana for personal use, establishing a limit of 40 grams or six female Cannabis sativa plants. The trial, which took nine years to conclude, represents a late advance in relation to the Drug Law, which since 2006 has promoted mass incarceration in...
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30/01/202405/02/2024
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Patrícia Villela Marino’s activism for medical Cannabis is highlighted in Folha de S.Paulo
The following article was originally published in Portuguese by Juliano Spyer in the Folha de S.Paulo newspaper in January 2024. I knocked on many doors looking for evangelicals who publicly defend the medicinal use of Cannabis. And I received two responses. Some people shrugged their shoulders, thinking that Christianity and marijuana are topics that don’t...
14/12/202311/01/2024
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President of H360 speaks at hearing on hemp in the Chamber of Deputies
On December 12, the president of the Humanitas360 Institute and advisor to the Institute for Social and Economic Research on Cannabis (Ipsec), Patrícia Villela Marino, participated in a public hearing at the Chamber of Deputies, in Brasília. Promoted by the Economic Development Commission, the meeting on “Hemp: The Path to National Autonomy in the Production...
29/11/202329/11/2023
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President of H360 talks about the cannabis economy in Reset interview
The following article, written by journalist Vanessa Adachi, was originally published in Portuguese by Reset on November 24th. Lawyer and businesswoman Patrícia Villela Marino doesn’t shy away from difficult conversations. As well as being an activist for the rights of women in and out of prison, she has also become one of the most vocal...
27/10/202303/11/2023
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President of H360 speaks at public hearing on Cannabis at the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo
The president of the Humanitas360 Institute and advisor to the Institute for Social and Economic Research on Cannabis, Patrícia Villela Marino, participated on October 25th in the public hearing held by the Parliamentary Front for Medicinal Cannabis and Industrial Hemp, coordinated by deputy Caio França in the Legislative Assembly of the State of São Paulo....
19/09/202309/10/2023
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President of H360 discusses drug law on Brazilian TV
On September 18th, TV Cultura’s Roda Viva – one of the main journalistic programs on Brazilian television – was the stage for an in-depth debate on the causes and effects of the war on drugs, such as mass incarceration, and its possible solutions. Guest of the program, the president of the Humanitas360 Institute and advisor...
29/06/202329/06/2023
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Patrícia Villela Marino: “Revision of the Drug Law cannot be postponed”
Between the end of May and throughout June, the judgment in the Supreme Federal Court that may decriminalize the possession of drugs for personal consumption in Brazil was included in the agenda of at least five sessions, but all of them was postponed. Stalled in the Court since 2015, the process discusses the constitutionality of...
13/02/202313/02/2023
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Sechat: “Once approved, it is urgent that the law for the use of medical cannabis in São Paulo be regulated”
This article was originally published in Portuguese on the Sechat website on February 12, 2023. The approval and subsequent sanction of the bill that provides for the supply of Cannabis-based medicines in the public health system in São Paulo is, above all, a victory of civil society. Serving as the driving force behind the parliamentary...
03/02/202303/02/2023
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Medical cannabis in São Paulo’s public health system is the result of active citizenship by civil society
An important step towards democratizing access to the medicinal properties of cannabis was taken last Tuesday (31st) with the sanctioning of the bill that authorizes the supply of medicines made from the plant in the public health system in São Paulo. The approval is the result of the active citizenship of civil society, a struggle...
26/01/202127/01/2021
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VEJA: “Patrícia Villela Marino in the fight for medical cannabis legalization”
Our president Patrícia Villela Marino spoke with Veja magazine about the legalization of medical cannabis, one of her greatest struggles in the civic-social sphere. The article takes up stories portrayed in the documentary “Illegal” – produced by Villela Marino – and also highlights studies on the use of the drug in cases of patients living...