RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil's Superior Court of Justice (STJ) has authorized, for the first time, three people to grow cannabis for medical treatment in a decision that could set a precedent for similar cases in the South American country.
The Sixth Chamber of the STJ has analyzed two appeals presented by three people who use a cannabis-based medicine with a medical prescription and has ruled in favor of their cultivation of the plant without it being considered a crime, according to the Brazilian newspaper 'O Globo'.
Judge Rogério Schietti of the STJ lamented the lack of . . .
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