🇧🇷Brazil’s top court decriminalizes cannabis for personal use

Brazil’s Supreme Court has voted to decriminalize possession of cannabis for personal use.

While this ruling does not legalize cannabis for personal use, it may aim to reduce the penalties for possession.

The decision was delivered on Tuesday, with eight of the eleven top court judges voting in favor of keeping possession of small amounts of cannabis as an “illicit act” that does not warrant criminal prosecution.

The judges are set to discuss the amount of cannabis that distinguishes a casual user from a trafficker, with proposed thresholds of up to 60 grams.