In the world: Cannabis

Cannabis

• RDC 1,015: what changes for fibromyalgia and lupus

  RDC 1,015/2026 replaced RDC 327/2019 and extended the use of higher-THC products to serious debilitating diseases. What changes at the doctor and pharmacy.

• RDCs 1,013, 1,014 and 1,015: what Anvisa changed

  In February 2026, Anvisa published Brazil's new medical cannabis rules: cultivation, associations, research and wider access. What changed and what didn't.

• Cannabis associations and the Anvisa sandbox

  RDC 1,014/2026 creates a controlled environment for patient associations to grow medical cannabis, with no sales and for five years. What this changes.

• United States: cannabis heading to federal Schedule III

  In December 2025, Trump ordered faster rescheduling of cannabis in the US. In April 2026, state-licensed medical cannabis moved to Schedule III.

• 873,000 patients: a portrait of cannabis in 2025

  Kaya Mind's yearbook counted 873,000 Brazilians using cannabis products in 2025, 30% more than in 2024. How they get access and what the numbers show.

• STJ allows companies to grow medical hemp

  In November 2024, Brazil's STJ ruled that companies may grow hemp with up to 0.3% THC for medical purposes. The decision that led to the 2026 RDCs.

• Brazil's STF and marijuana possession: RE 635,659

  In June 2024, Brazil's STF stopped treating possession of up to 40 g of marijuana for personal use as a crime. It is not legalization; medical rules stand.

• Decree 68,233: how São Paulo regulated cannabis in the SUS

  Published in December 2023, Decree 68,233 put Law 17,618 into practice: who can apply, which documents to bring and how long the supply lasts.

• Law 17,618: medical cannabis in São Paulo's SUS

  Signed in January 2023, Law 17,618 created a policy for the free supply of cannabidiol-based medicines through the public health system (SUS) in São Paulo.

• Colombia, exporter of medical cannabis

  Since Decree 811 of 2021, Colombia has exported even dried medical cannabis flower. In 2023, Brazil became the main destination for those sales.

• PL 399/2015: medical cannabis stalled in the Chamber

  Approved by a special committee in 2021, bill PL 399/2015 would regulate medical cannabis cultivation. It has since awaited an appeal in the Chamber.

• United Kingdom: medical cannabis on prescription since 2018

  Since November 1, 2018, specialists can prescribe cannabis products in the UK. What the rule did, what it didn't do and the link to London.